Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining, Oil & Gas Producers and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB), which rose 3.07% or 109.50 points to trade at 3681.00 at the close. Meanwhile, British Land Company PLC (LON:BLND) added 2.70% or 18.50 points to end at 703.50 and Ashtead Group PLC (LON:AHT) was up 2.70% or 24.00 points to 914.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which fell 7.33% or 53.70 points to trade at 679.10 at the close. Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN) declined 6.40% or 35.600 points to end at 520.600 and BHP Billiton PLC (LON:BLT) was down 5.80% or 57.30 points to 930.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1077 to 954 and 482 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.92% or 11.35 to $1241.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.65% or 0.72 to hit $43.01 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.95% or 0.43 to trade at $44.64 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.55% to 1.4483, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.7780.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.39% at 94.74.