Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Food & Drug Retailers and Household Goods & Home Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS), which rose 4.16% or 285.00 points to trade at 7145.00 at the close. Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM) added 1.97% or 15.50 points to end at 804.00 and Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR) was up 1.42% or 9.50 points to 680.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO), which lost 2.15% or 4.25 points to trade at 193.05 in late trade. International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) declined 2.15% or 10.40 points to end at 474.30 and Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS) shed 2.01% or 4.600 points to 223.900.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1114 to 815 and 425 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.83% or 10.15 to $1230.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.11% or 0.60 to hit $53.23 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.41% or 0.80 to trade at $56.01 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.33% to 1.2443, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8625.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 100.09.