Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Tobacco, Electrical and General Industrial sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.84%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), which rose 3.34% or 55.00 points to trade at 1700.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Hammerson PLC (LON:HMSO) added 2.58% or 7.30 points to end at 289.80 and Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN) was up 1.89% or 12.80 points to 689.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ), which fell 4.37% or 40.60 points to trade at 888.40 at the close. Centrica PLC (LON:CNA) declined 2.45% or 2.24 points to end at 89.28 and Provident Financial PLC (LON:PFG) was down 2.27% or 10.10 points to 434.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1121 to 1042 and 231 ended unchanged.
Shares in Centrica PLC (LON:CNA) fell to 5-year lows; falling 2.45% or 2.24 to 89.28. Shares in Provident Financial PLC (LON:PFG) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.27% or 10.10 to 434.90.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.05% or 0.65 to $1343.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.38% or 0.20 to hit $52.31 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.74% or 0.46 to trade at $61.55 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.28% to 1.2554, while EUR/GBP rose 0.47% to 0.8940.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 96.998.