Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Food & Drug Retailers and Household Goods & Home Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS), which rose 4.16% or 285.00 points to trade at 7145.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM) added 1.97% or 15.50 points to end at 804.00 and Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR) was up 1.42% or 9.50 points to 680.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO), which fell 2.15% or 4.25 points to trade at 193.05 at the close. International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) declined 2.15% or 10.40 points to end at 474.30 and Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS) was down 2.01% or 4.600 points to 223.900.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1114 to 815 and 425 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.83% or 10.15 to $1230.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.11% or 0.60 to hit $53.23 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.41% or 0.80 to trade at $56.01 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.34% to 1.2441, while EUR/GBP fell 0.19% to 0.8626.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 100.09.