Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Life Insurance/Assurance, General Retailers and Construction & Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.55% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Provident Financial (LON:PFG), which rose 1.57% or 47.00 points to trade at 3044.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mondi PLC (LON:MNDI) added 1.45% or 28.00 points to end at 1955.00 and Micro Focus International (LON:MCRO) was up 1.19% or 27.00 points to 2305.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Next PLC (LON:NXT), which fell 3.56% or 154.00 points to trade at 4166.00 at the close. Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) declined 2.96% or 9.40 points to end at 308.20 and ITV PLC (LON:ITV) was down 2.56% or 5.60 points to 213.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1079 to 944 and 405 ended unchanged.
Shares in Micro Focus International (LON:MCRO) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.19% or 27.00 to 2305.00.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.34% or 4.25 to $1255.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.79% or 0.40 to hit $50.20 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.77% or 0.41 to trade at $53.12 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.50% to 1.2487, while EUR/GBP rose 0.61% to 0.8540.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 100.42.