Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Oil & Gas Producers and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were 3I Group PLC (LON:III), which rose 3.30% or 19.500 points to trade at 610.500 at the close. Meanwhile, Next PLC (LON:NXT) added 2.73% or 133.00 points to end at 5005.00 and WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC (LON:MRW) was up 2.17% or 3.90 points to 183.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS), which fell 3.39% or 300.00 points to trade at 8550.00 at the close. BP PLC (LON:BP) declined 2.60% or 11.7500 points to end at 440.3500 and Royal Dutch Shell PLC (LON:RDSa) was down 2.56% or 53.50 points to 2038.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1298 to 766 and 508 ended unchanged.
Shares in 3I Group PLC (LON:III) rose to 5-year highs; up 3.30% or 19.500 to 610.500.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.14% or 1.90 to $1329.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.56% or 1.13 to hit $43.06 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.26% or 1.04 to trade at $45.05 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.18% to 1.3133, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.8360.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 97.40.