Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Software & Computer Services and Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.89%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Whitbread PLC (LON:WTB), which rose 7.19% or 283.00 points to trade at 4218.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Hammerson PLC (LON:HMSO) added 3.02% or 14.30 points to end at 487.30 and Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS) was up 1.69% or 4.60 points to 276.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were WPP PLC (LON:WPP), which fell 6.48% or 77.00 points to trade at 1111.00 at the close. Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP) declined 5.33% or 11.70 points to end at 207.90 and Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO) was down 3.62% or 47.00 points to 1252.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1023 to 948 and 135 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.13% or 1.80 to $1349.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.32% or 0.89 to hit $66.50 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.20% or 0.87 to trade at $71.71 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.62% to 1.4328, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.8634.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 89.22.