Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining and Oil & Gas Producers sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Taylor Wimpey PLC (LON:TW), which rose 3.52% or 5.40 points to trade at 158.70 at the close. Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV) added 2.84% or 12.800 points to end at 463.500 and Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN) was up 2.63% or 46.00 points to 1794.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which lost 5.88% or 114.00 points to trade at 1825.00 in late trade. Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) declined 4.02% or 35.00 points to end at 835.00 and Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS) shed 3.95% or 330.00 points to 8020.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1093 to 1006 and 462 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.21% or 2.85 to $1343.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.97% or 1.46 to hit $47.65 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 3.01% or 1.53 to trade at $49.35 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.45% to 1.3135, while EUR/GBP fell 0.54% to 0.8614.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 94.55.