Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas Producers, Food Producers and Electricity sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 fell 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LONDON:RBS), which rose 3.02% or 11.10 points to trade at 378.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Hargreaves Lansdown Plc (LONDON:HRGV) added 2.65% or 30.00 points to end at 1160.00 and Barclays (LONDON:BARC) was up 2.28% or 5.85 points to 262.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tullow Oil Plc (LONDON:TLW), which fell 7.75% or 30.00 points to trade at 357.30 at the close. Shire Plc (LONDON:SHP) declined 2.18% or 115.00 points to end at 5160.00 and Royal Dutch Shell B (LONDON:RDSb) was down 2.09% or 46.00 points to 2159.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1179 to 943 and 354 ended unchanged.
Gold for April delivery was down 0.36% or 4.40 to $1208.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in April rose 1.05% or 0.52 to hit $50.28 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract fell 3.88% or 2.42 to trade at $60.16 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.51% to 1.5359, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.7278.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 95.51.