Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas Producers, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO), which rose 1.72% or 66.50 points to trade at 3944.50 at the close. Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) added 1.51% or 2.15 points to end at 144.35 and Carnival PLC (LON:CCL) was up 1.49% or 61.00 points to 4162.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM), which lost 4.19% or 13.40 points to trade at 306.20 in late trade. Capita PLC (LON:CPI) declined 3.60% or 4.20 points to end at 112.45 and ITV PLC (LON:ITV) shed 2.77% or 3.65 points to 128.35.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1360 to 716 and 309 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.34% or 4.45 to $1302.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 3.71% or 1.99 to hit $51.70 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 3.12% or 1.92 to trade at $59.67 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.22% to 1.3173, while EUR/GBP rose 0.45% to 0.8683.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 95.352.