Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Household Goods & Home Construction, Software & Computer Services and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Merlin Entertainments PLC (LON:MERL), which rose 4.12% or 14.10 points to trade at 356.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Standard Life Aberdeen PLC (LON:SLA) added 2.39% or 8.70 points to end at 372.90 and International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) was up 1.32% or 8.00 points to 616.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (LON:RB), which fell 7.51% or 493.00 points to trade at 6075.00 at the close. Shire PLC (LON:SHP) declined 2.86% or 91.50 points to end at 3110.50 and Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO) was down 2.83% or 60.00 points to 2058.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1123 to 798 and 140 ended unchanged.
Shares in Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (LON:RB) fell to 52-week lows; down 7.51% or 493.00 to 6075.00.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.47% or 6.40 to $1349.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.27% or 0.78 to hit $62.33 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.97% or 0.63 to trade at $65.47 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.16% to 1.4005, while EUR/GBP rose 0.34% to 0.8859.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 89.12.