Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Tobacco, Forestry & Paper and Gas, Water & Multiutilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Merlin Entertainments PLC (LON:MERL), which rose 5.23% or 16.90 points to trade at 340.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) added 4.66% or 40.80 points to end at 916.00 and Provident Financial PLC (LON:PFG) was up 3.41% or 20.60 points to 625.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB), which fell 5.00% or 122.50 points to trade at 2330.00 at the close. Centrica PLC (LON:CNA) declined 4.41% or 6.05 points to end at 131.25 and British American Tobacco PLC (LON:BATS) was down 4.20% or 108.50 points to 2474.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1333 to 725 and 311 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.29% or 3.70 to $1289.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.52% or 1.21 to hit $49.17 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.81% or 1.03 to trade at $58.09 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.34% to 1.2769, while EUR/GBP rose 0.35% to 0.8980.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 95.292.