Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining and Fixed Line Telecommunications sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Provident Financial (LON:PFG), which rose 6.82% or 58.00 points to trade at 908.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (LON:RB) added 1.49% or 102.00 points to end at 6938.00 and Admiral Group PLC (LON:ADML) was up 1.19% or 22.00 points to 1875.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which fell 3.38% or 50.00 points to trade at 1431.00 at the close. Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) declined 2.24% or 83.00 points to end at 3627.00 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) was down 2.14% or 27.00 points to 1236.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1100 to 847 and 454 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.81% or 10.38 to $1285.28 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.75% or 0.37 to hit $49.66 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.47% or 0.26 to trade at $55.88 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.65% to 1.3151, while EUR/GBP fell 0.46% to 0.8933.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 93.52.