Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Mining and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 1.22%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO), which rose 1.51% or 20.00 points to trade at 1343.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (LON:RB) added 1.33% or 83.00 points to end at 6322.00 and Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS) was up 1.15% or 3.40 points to 298.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), which fell 4.70% or 70.50 points to trade at 1430.50 at the close. Smith & Nephew PLC (LON:SN) declined 4.04% or 56.50 points to end at 1341.50 and Babcock International Group PLC (LON:BAB) was down 3.86% or 31.60 points to 786.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1365 to 630 and 317 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.83% or 10.40 to $1244.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.28% or 0.21 to hit $73.94 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.77% or 1.40 to trade at $77.83 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.64% to 1.3127, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8840.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.62% at 94.81.