Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Oil & Gas Producers and Gas, Water & Multiutilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Provident Financial PLC (LON:PFG), which rose 1.32% or 8.40 points to trade at 646.80 at the close. Meanwhile, CRH PLC (LON:CRH) added 1.00% or 27.00 points to end at 2718.00 and Barclays PLC (LON:BARC) was up 0.97% or 1.84 points to 191.52 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC), which fell 3.60% or 6.85 points to trade at 183.25 at the close. Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO) declined 2.89% or 37.00 points to end at 1241.50 and BHP Billiton PLC (LON:BLT) was down 2.48% or 41.00 points to 1609.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1073 to 902 and 305 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.10% or 1.30 to $1239.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.83% or 2.68 to hit $67.27 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 4.27% or 3.22 to trade at $72.11 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.3236, while EUR/GBP rose 0.20% to 0.8847.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 94.28.