Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Software & Computer Services and Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.89%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Whitbread PLC (LON:WTB), which rose 7.19% or 283.00 points to trade at 4218.00 at the close. Hammerson PLC (LON:HMSO) added 3.02% or 14.30 points to end at 487.30 and Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS) was up 1.69% or 4.60 points to 276.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included WPP PLC (LON:WPP), which lost 6.48% or 77.00 points to trade at 1111.00 in late trade. Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP) declined 5.33% or 11.70 points to end at 207.90 and Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO) shed 3.62% or 47.00 points to 1252.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1023 to 948 and 135 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.17% or 2.30 to $1350.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.37% or 0.92 to hit $66.47 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.25% or 0.91 to trade at $71.67 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.64% to 1.4330, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8635.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 89.20.