Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Life Insurance/Assurance, General Retailers and Construction & Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.55% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Provident Financial (LON:PFG), which rose 1.57% or 47.00 points to trade at 3044.00 at the close. Mondi PLC (LON:MNDI) added 1.45% or 28.00 points to end at 1955.00 and Micro Focus International (LON:MCRO) was up 1.19% or 27.00 points to 2305.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Next PLC (LON:NXT), which lost 3.56% or 154.00 points to trade at 4166.00 in late trade. Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) declined 2.96% or 9.40 points to end at 308.20 and ITV PLC (LON:ITV) shed 2.56% or 5.60 points to 213.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1079 to 944 and 405 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.33% or 4.15 to $1255.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.79% or 0.40 to hit $50.20 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.77% or 0.41 to trade at $53.12 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.50% to 1.2487, while EUR/GBP rose 0.60% to 0.8539.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 100.42.