Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Software & Computer Services and Industrial Engineering sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 1.05%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which rose 3.19% or 17.00 points to trade at 550.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Berkeley Group Hldgs (LON:BKGH) added 2.10% or 65.00 points to end at 3158.00 and Johnson Matthey PLC (LON:JMAT) was up 2.04% or 61.00 points to 3045.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which fell 4.87% or 84.00 points to trade at 1641.00 at the close. Micro Focus International (LON:MCRO) declined 3.80% or 95.00 points to end at 2404.00 and Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS) was down 1.91% or 145.00 points to 7455.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1275 to 689 and 414 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.26% or 3.35 to $1268.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.85% or 0.39 to hit $46.22 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.64% or 0.31 to trade at $48.46 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.75% to 1.2651, while EUR/GBP rose 0.87% to 0.8854.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 97.24.