Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Oil & Gas Producers and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO), which rose 3.61% or 27.50 points to trade at 789.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) added 3.42% or 48.00 points to end at 1450.00 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) was up 3.06% or 32.000 points to 1076.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB), which fell 4.38% or 380.000 points to trade at 8295.000 at the close. Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) declined 2.58% or 8.90 points to end at 336.10 and Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS) was down 2.26% or 5.000 points to 215.900.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1142 to 783 and 451 ended unchanged.
Shares in Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.61% or 27.50 to 789.50.
Gold for February delivery was up 1.07% or 12.95 to $1217.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.03% or 0.55 to hit $52.67 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.63% or 0.35 to trade at $55.14 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.90% to 1.2485, while EUR/GBP fell 0.58% to 0.8601.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.57% at 100.20.