Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Aerospace & Defense and Financial Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Shire PLC (LON:SHP), which rose 4.09% or 151.00 points to trade at 3842.00 at the close. Smiths Group PLC (LON:SMIN) added 1.36% or 15.00 points to end at 1121.00 and Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) was up 1.33% or 2.6000 points to 197.4500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO), which lost 3.65% or 18.80 points to trade at 495.70 in late trade. Meggitt PLC (LON:MGGT) declined 2.90% or 12.10 points to end at 405.50 and Aberdeen Asset Management PLC (LON:ADN) shed 2.50% or 7.30 points to 285.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1192 to 888 and 464 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 0.69% or 8.70 to $1245.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.53% or 0.22 to hit $41.36 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.27% or 0.11 to trade at $41.31 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.68% to 1.4385, while EUR/GBP rose 0.31% to 0.7812.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.33% at 95.38.