Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Electronic & Electrical Equipment and Gas Water & Multiutilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 fell 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Fresnillo Plc (LONDON:FRES), which rose 4.19% or 36.00 points to trade at 896.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Glencore Xstrata Plc (LONDON:GLEN) added 3.84% or 10.20 points to end at 275.60 and Anglo American (LONDON:AAL) was up 3.36% or 38.50 points to 1184.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shire Plc (LONDON:SHP), which fell 3.48% or 171.00 points to trade at 4741.00 at the close. RSA Insurance Group Plc (LONDON:RSA) declined 3.37% or 15.300 points to end at 439.000 and United Utilities Group Plc (LONDON:UU) was down 3.12% or 31.00 points to 962.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1344 to 712 and 370 ended unchanged.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.32% or 4.00 to $1238.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in March rose 2.92% or 1.51 to hit $53.20 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract rose 1.23% or 0.72 to trade at $59.40 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.18% to 1.5216, while EUR/GBP rose 0.24% to 0.7440.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 94.70.