Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Oil & Gas Producers and Food & Drug Retailers sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were WPP PLC (LON:WPP), which rose 4.10% or 70.00 points to trade at 1778.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS) added 3.43% or 240.00 points to end at 7240.00 and Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) was up 2.87% or 31.50 points to 1131.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Next PLC (LON:NXT), which fell 3.18% or 158.00 points to trade at 4816.00 at the close. Shire PLC (LON:SHP) declined 2.75% or 131.50 points to end at 4650.00 and Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS) was down 2.53% or 4.900 points to 189.100.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1454 to 839 and 470 ended unchanged.
Shares in Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.87% or 31.50 to 1131.00.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.07% or 0.95 to $1275.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 3.16% or 1.54 to hit $47.16 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 3.39% or 1.72 to trade at $48.96 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.30% to 1.2228, while EUR/GBP fell 0.43% to 0.8977.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 98.36.