Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Mobile Telecommunications, Food & Drug Retailers and Oil & Gas Producers sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG), which rose 4.29% or 21.10 points to trade at 513.00 at the close. Meanwhile, 3I Group PLC (LON:III) added 2.87% or 14.500 points to end at 520.000 and Weir Group PLC (LON:WEIR) was up 2.03% or 25.00 points to 1254.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Inmarsat PLC (LON:ISA), which fell 4.04% or 30.50 points to trade at 724.50 at the close. Sports Direct International PLC (LON:SPD) declined 4.04% or 14.900 points to end at 354.100 and Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) was down 2.56% or 4.2000 points to 160.1000.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1142 to 893 and 506 ended unchanged.
Shares in Inmarsat PLC (LON:ISA) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.04% or 30.50 to 724.50.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.43% or 5.45 to $1247.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.47% or 0.71 to hit $47.70 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.68% or 0.82 to trade at $47.90 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.42% to 1.4453, while EUR/GBP rose 0.28% to 0.7746.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 95.43.