Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, General Retailers and Industrial Transportation sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 1.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR), which rose 1.18% or 9.00 points to trade at 773.50 at the close. Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN) added 0.97% or 6.300 points to end at 658.400 and BT Group PLC (LON:BT) was up 0.89% or 3.350 points to 378.650 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pearson PLC (LON:PSON), which lost 8.41% or 70.00 points to trade at 762.50 in late trade. Admiral Group PLC (LON:ADML) declined 3.80% or 77.00 points to end at 1949.00 and Standard Life PLC (LON:SL) shed 3.71% or 12.500 points to 324.600.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1618 to 692 and 456 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.06% or 0.75 to $1256.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.33% or 0.67 to hit $49.68 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.17% or 0.61 to trade at $51.34 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.02% to 1.2185, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.9026.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.19% at 97.89.