Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Forestry & Paper, Automobiles & Parts and Aerospace & Defense sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 fell 1.10% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Randgold Resources (LONDON:RRS), which rose 0.41% or 19.00 points to trade at 4626.00 at the close. Tesco (LONDON:TSCO) added 0.14% or 0.30 points to end at 214.00 and Compass Group (LONDON:CPG) was up 0.09% or 1.00 points to 1115.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Taylor Wimpey Plc (LONDON:TW), which lost 2.86% or 5.40 points to trade at 183.40 in late trade. Imperial Tobacco Group (LONDON:IMT) declined 2.85% or 93.00 points to end at 3175.00 and TUI AG (LONDON:TUIT) shed 2.82% or 34.00 points to 1171.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2110 to 489 and 454 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.81% or 9.60 to $1188.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.53% or 0.32 to hit $60.08 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.83% or 0.54 to trade at $64.11 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.07% to 1.5569, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.7232.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 95.26.