Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining and Construction & Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.60% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Next PLC (LON:NXT), which rose 2.47% or 102.00 points to trade at 4232.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Centrica PLC (LON:CNA) added 1.43% or 3.10 points to end at 219.50 and Shire PLC (LON:SHP) was up 0.96% or 45.00 points to 4721.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO), which fell 4.70% or 39.00 points to trade at 791.50 at the close. Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) declined 4.38% or 14.00 points to end at 305.75 and Babcock International Group PLC (LON:BAB) was down 4.31% or 39.50 points to 877.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1364 to 587 and 419 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.44% or 5.45 to $1253.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.73% or 0.35 to hit $47.62 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.14% or 0.07 to trade at $50.85 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.84% to 1.2578, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.8644.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 98.94.