Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Pharmaceuticals & Biotech, Beverage and Gas, Water & Multiutilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Aviva PLC (LON:AV), which rose 2.86% or 10.40 points to trade at 374.40 at the close. Carnival PLC (LON:CCL) added 2.50% or 88.00 points to end at 3603.00 and Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS) was up 2.50% or 4.70 points to 192.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), which lost 3.88% or 77.50 points to trade at 1918.00 in late trade. Rentokil Initial PLC (LON:RTO) declined 3.59% or 16.70 points to end at 448.60 and AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) shed 3.46% or 251.00 points to 7004.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1122 to 999 and 201 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.28% or 4.25 to $1511.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.65% or 1.50 to hit $58.02 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.23% or 1.37 to trade at $62.91 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.57% to 1.2350, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.8951.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 98.208.