Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrial Transportation, Banking and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), which rose 1.61% or 31.50 points to trade at 1985.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (LON:RB) added 1.59% or 96.00 points to end at 6127.00 and SSE PLC (LON:SSE) was up 1.37% or 15.00 points to 1109.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NMC Health PLC (LON:NMC), which fell 5.59% or 113.00 points to trade at 1910.00 at the close. Schroders PLC (LON:SDR) declined 3.63% or 105.00 points to end at 2787.00 and Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR) was down 3.49% or 27.20 points to 752.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1438 to 756 and 161 ended unchanged.
Shares in NMC Health PLC (LON:NMC) fell to 52-week lows; down 5.59% or 113.00 to 1910.00.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.57% or 8.55 to $1517.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.55% or 0.30 to hit $54.80 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.10% or 0.06 to trade at $58.59 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.35% to 1.2076, while EUR/GBP fell 0.19% to 0.9284.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 97.257.