Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Insurance and Media sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 lost 1.13%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Bunzl PLC (LONDON:BNZL), which rose 1.70% or 30.00 points to trade at 1791.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (LONDON:RB) added 1.44% or 85.00 points to end at 5993.00 and Randgold Resources Ltd (LONDON:RRS) was up 1.33% or 50.00 points to 3794.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pearson PLC (LONDON:PSON), which fell 4.76% or 58.00 points to trade at 1161.00 at the close. Merlin Entertainments PLC (LONDON:MERL) declined 4.32% or 18.30 points to end at 405.55 and Sage Group PLC (LONDON:SGE) was down 3.79% or 20.50 points to 520.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 2073 to 497 and 470 ended unchanged.
Shares in Merlin Entertainments PLC (LONDON:MERL) fell to all time lows; down 4.32% or 18.30 to 405.55.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.94% or 10.20 to $1096.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.16% or 0.56 to hit $47.58 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.58% or 0.86 to trade at $53.76 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.39% to 1.5580, while EUR/GBP rose 0.77% to 0.7131.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.86% at 96.50.