Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, General Retailers and Forestry & Paper sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 2.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were BHP Group PLC (LON:BHPB), which rose 2.67% or 43.20 points to trade at 1659.80 at the close. Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) added 2.37% or 87.00 points to end at 3762.50 and Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) was up 2.31% or 18.00 points to 796.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Next PLC (LON:NXT), which lost 4.63% or 201.00 points to trade at 4137.00 in late trade. Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS) declined 4.59% or 12.10 points to end at 251.30 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) shed 4.58% or 50.50 points to 1051.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1460 to 569 and 337 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.45% or 5.60 to $1247.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.92% or 0.99 to hit $50.48 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.93% or 0.56 to trade at $59.72 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.15% to 1.2603, while EUR/GBP rose 0.14% to 0.8997.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 96.655.