Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Food & Drug Retailers, Industrial Metals & Mining and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 lost 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Tullow Oil Plc (LONDON:TLW), which rose 2.54% or 8.40 points to trade at 339.50 at the close. Ashtead Group (LONDON:AHT) added 1.58% or 17.00 points to end at 1093.00 and Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LONDON:RBS) was up 1.23% or 4.30 points to 353.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bhp Billiton (LONDON:BLT), which lost 3.25% or 47.50 points to trade at 1416.00 in late trade. Tesco (LONDON:TSCO) declined 2.67% or 6.70 points to end at 244.30 and Antofagasta (LONDON:ANTO) shed 2.50% or 18.50 points to 722.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1334 to 1280 and 446 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.36% or 4.30 to $1200.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $51.64 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.24% or 0.14 to trade at $58.81 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.21% to 1.4664, while EUR/GBP fell 0.39% to 0.7220.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 99.69.