Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were G4S PLC (LON:GFS), which rose 4.83% or 8.90 points to trade at 193.20 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) added 3.84% or 146.00 points to end at 3944.50 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) was up 3.81% or 54.000 points to 1470.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which lost 13.84% or 89.90 points to trade at 559.50 in late trade. Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) declined 8.96% or 13.0500 points to end at 132.5500 and Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) shed 7.92% or 169.000 points to 1964.500.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1166 to 852 and 487 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 2.28% or 29.55 to $1264.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.53% or 1.13 to hit $43.53 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 3.42% or 1.55 to trade at $43.82 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.12% to 1.4412, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.7913.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 94.04.