Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Gas, Water & Multiutilities, Mobile Telecommunications and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 2.09% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (LON:RKT), which rose 0.41% or 17.00 points to trade at 4,167.00 at the close. HALEON PLC (LON:HLN) added 0.25% or 0.90 points to end at 368.70 and Darktrace PLC (LON:DARK) was down 0.17% or 1.00 points to 592.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Melrose Industries PLC (LON:MRON), which lost 6.65% or 32.10 points to trade at 450.50 in late trade. Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC (LON:SMT) declined 5.76% or 46.80 points to end at 766.40 and Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) shed 5.43% or 144.00 points to 2,509.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1826 to 259 and 209 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.15% or 28.40 to $2,441.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.41% or 0.30 to hit $73.22 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.26% or 0.20 to trade at $76.61 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.25% to 1.28, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.58% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 102.58.