Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Oil & Gas Producers and Gas, Water & Multiutilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Provident Financial PLC (LON:PFG), which rose 1.32% or 8.40 points to trade at 646.80 at the close. CRH PLC (LON:CRH) added 1.00% or 27.00 points to end at 2718.00 and Barclays PLC (LON:BARC) was up 0.97% or 1.84 points to 191.52 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC), which lost 3.60% or 6.85 points to trade at 183.25 in late trade. Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO) declined 2.89% or 37.00 points to end at 1241.50 and BHP Billiton PLC (LON:BLT) shed 2.48% or 41.00 points to 1609.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1073 to 902 and 305 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.10% or 1.30 to $1239.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.90% or 2.73 to hit $67.22 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 4.30% or 3.24 to trade at $72.09 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.3236, while EUR/GBP rose 0.20% to 0.8847.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 94.27.