Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Pharmaceuticals & Biotech, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Mobile Telecommunications sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.96%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS), which rose 3.01% or 6.80 points to trade at 232.50 at the close. Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP) added 2.96% or 3.25 points to end at 113.00 and Land Securities Group PLC (LON:LAND) was up 2.06% or 17.20 points to 850.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB), which lost 4.13% or 270.00 points to trade at 6260.00 in late trade. AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) declined 3.55% or 203.00 points to end at 5509.00 and Pearson PLC (LON:PSON) shed 3.49% or 35.90 points to 991.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1387 to 694 and 301 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.11% or 1.45 to $1290.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.76% or 0.39 to hit $51.20 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.03% or 0.62 to trade at $59.86 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.30% to 1.2879, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8913.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 95.132.