Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Household Goods & Home Construction and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB), which rose 3.02% or 53.60 points to trade at 1828.20 at the close. British American Tobacco PLC (LON:BATS) added 2.12% or 62.50 points to end at 3007.50 and WPP PLC (LON:WPP) was up 1.86% or 18.60 points to 1018.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (LON:RB), which lost 3.97% or 262.00 points to trade at 6344.00 in late trade. Whitbread PLC (LON:WTB) declined 3.87% or 173.00 points to end at 4294.00 and Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) shed 2.76% or 19.40 points to 683.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1116 to 1006 and 197 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 2.04% or 30.75 to $1475.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.66% or 0.93 to hit $54.98 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.69% or 1.03 to trade at $60.01 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.02% to 1.2291, while EUR/GBP fell 0.30% to 0.8873.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 99.023.