Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Pharmaceuticals & Biotech and Industrial Engineering sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 fell 0.21% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Diageo (LONDON:DGE), which rose 6.79% or 119.50 points to trade at 1880.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Royal Mail (LONDON:RMG) added 1.48% or 7.30 points to end at 500.00 and TUI AG (LONDON:TUIT) was up 1.20% or 14.00 points to 1184.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shire Plc (LONDON:SHP), which fell 2.75% or 150.00 points to trade at 5305.00 at the close. GKN (LONDON:GKN) declined 2.48% or 9.10 points to end at 357.80 and St James`S Place (LONDON:SJP) was down 1.94% or 17.50 points to 884.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1687 to 883 and 461 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.32% or 3.70 to $1171.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.67% or 0.99 to hit $58.14 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.08% or 0.69 to trade at $62.62 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.11% to 1.5288, while EUR/GBP rose 0.98% to 0.7348.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.74% at 95.67.