Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, General Retailers and Industrial Transportation sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 1.02%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR), which rose 1.18% or 9.00 points to trade at 773.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN) added 0.97% or 6.300 points to end at 658.400 and BT Group PLC (LON:BT) was up 0.89% or 3.350 points to 378.650 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pearson PLC (LON:PSON), which fell 8.41% or 70.00 points to trade at 762.50 at the close. Admiral Group PLC (LON:ADML) declined 3.80% or 77.00 points to end at 1949.00 and Standard Life PLC (LON:SL) was down 3.71% or 12.500 points to 324.600.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1618 to 692 and 456 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.04% or 0.55 to $1256.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.29% or 0.65 to hit $49.70 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.15% or 0.60 to trade at $51.35 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.01% to 1.2186, while EUR/GBP rose 0.24% to 0.9025.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.19% at 97.89.