Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Household Goods & Home Construction, Gas, Water & Multiutilities and Mobile Telecommunications sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 1.02%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Micro Focus International (LON:MCRO), which rose 1.46% or 32.00 points to trade at 2227.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) added 1.19% or 13.00 points to end at 1104.50 and Burberry Group PLC (LON:BRBY) was up 0.55% or 9.00 points to 1652.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (LON:RB), which fell 3.27% or 258.00 points to trade at 7623.00 at the close. Next PLC (LON:NXT) declined 3.06% or 117.00 points to end at 3710.00 and Provident Financial (LON:PFG) was down 2.92% or 69.00 points to 2297.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1180 to 759 and 459 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.03% or 0.37 to $1255.27 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.18% or 0.54 to hit $46.31 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.08% or 0.52 to trade at $48.58 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.18% to 1.3018, while EUR/GBP fell 0.41% to 0.8936.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 93.90.