Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as in the sectors led shares .
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 unchanged 0.00%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were RSA Insurance Group PLC (LON:RSA), which rose 2.42% or 15.80 points to trade at 667.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO) added 1.97% or 26.50 points to end at 1369.50 and Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (LON:RDSa) was up 1.49% or 37.50 points to 2559.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR), which fell 2.38% or 22.60 points to trade at 927.40 at the close. 3I Group PLC (LON:III) declined 1.89% or 18.40 points to end at 953.40 and Pearson PLC (LON:PSON) was down 1.74% or 15.40 points to 868.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1273 to 708 and 320 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.18% or 2.30 to $1280.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.19% or 0.12 to hit $64.97 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.38% or 1.01 to trade at $74.45 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.27% to 1.3241, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.8763.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 94.52.