Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Construction & Materials and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 2.80%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Randgold Resources Ltd (L:RRS), which rose 13.21% or 700.00 points to trade at 6000.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresnillo PLC (L:FRES) added 7.80% or 61.50 points to end at 849.50 and Anglo American PLC (L:AAL) was up 3.51% or 12.75 points to 376.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hargreaves Lansdown PLC (L:HRGV), which fell 7.62% or 93.00 points to trade at 1127.00 at the close. Ashtead Group PLC (L:AHT) declined 7.59% or 68.00 points to end at 828.00 and CRH PLC (L:CRH) was down 7.51% or 133.00 points to 1637.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1825 to 339 and 404 ended unchanged.
Shares in Randgold Resources Ltd (L:RRS) rose to 3-years highs; rising 13.21% or 700.00 to 6000.00. Shares in Ashtead Group PLC (L:AHT) fell to 52-week lows; falling 7.59% or 68.00 to 828.00. Shares in CRH PLC (L:CRH) fell to 52-week lows; losing 7.51% or 133.00 to 1637.00.
Gold for April delivery was up 3.04% or 35.20 to $1192.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 2.48% or 0.77 to hit $30.12 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 2.00% or 0.68 to trade at $33.38 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.63% to 1.4411, while EUR/GBP rose 0.74% to 0.7747.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 96.90.