Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Beverage, Software & Computer Services and Life Insurance/Assurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.59% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were SSE PLC (LON:SSE), which rose 3.55% or 38.50 points to trade at 1122.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Carnival PLC (LON:CCL) added 2.36% or 111.00 points to end at 4815.00 and WPP PLC (LON:WPP) was up 2.09% or 23.50 points to 1148.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), which fell 3.67% or 72.00 points to trade at 1890.00 at the close. Ashtead Group PLC (LON:AHT) declined 2.26% or 54.00 points to end at 2340.00 and Burberry Group PLC (LON:BRBY) was down 2.04% or 44.00 points to 2109.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1039 to 971 and 326 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.50% or 6.00 to $1207.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.23% or 0.16 to hit $68.61 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $78.08 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.61% to 1.3150, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8888.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 94.07.