Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Software & Computer Services, Mining and Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 1.76% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Hammerson PLC (LON:HMSO), which rose 24.09% or 105.30 points to trade at 542.40 at the close. Barclays PLC (LON:BARC) added 3.58% or 7.50 points to end at 217.00 and Land Securities Group PLC (LON:LAND) was up 3.31% or 30.00 points to 936.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO), which lost 46.35% or 873.50 points to trade at 1011.00 in late trade. Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) declined 4.21% or 16.25 points to end at 369.25 and Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) shed 4.21% or 74.40 points to 1695.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1377 to 608 and 127 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.41% or 5.40 to $1317.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.51% or 0.32 to hit $62.09 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.24% or 0.16 to trade at $66.05 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.72% to 1.4042, while EUR/GBP fell 0.36% to 0.8787.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 89.43.