Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Mobile Telecommunications, Pharmaceuticals & Biotech and Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 1.46% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which rose 7.27% or 11.80 points to trade at 174.10 at the close. Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) added 2.26% or 7.90 points to end at 357.30 and Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) was up 1.66% or 15.00 points to 916.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS), which lost 7.38% or 520.00 points to trade at 6524.00 in late trade. Vodafone Group PLC (LON:VOD) declined 4.01% or 8.80 points to end at 210.70 and AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) shed 2.97% or 149.50 points to 4886.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1732 to 346 and 101 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.12% or 1.60 to $1338.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.98% or 0.64 to hit $64.81 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.64% or 0.44 to trade at $68.14 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.69% to 1.4015, while EUR/GBP rose 0.40% to 0.8857.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 89.36.