Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as in the sectors propelled shares .
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 unchanged 0.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were RSA Insurance Group PLC (LON:RSA), which rose 2.42% or 15.80 points to trade at 667.80 at the close. Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO) added 1.97% or 26.50 points to end at 1369.50 and Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (LON:RDSa) was up 1.49% or 37.50 points to 2559.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR), which lost 2.38% or 22.60 points to trade at 927.40 in late trade. 3I Group PLC (LON:III) declined 1.89% or 18.40 points to end at 953.40 and Pearson PLC (LON:PSON) shed 1.74% or 15.40 points to 868.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1273 to 708 and 320 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.18% or 2.30 to $1280.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.19% or 0.12 to hit $64.97 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.38% or 1.01 to trade at $74.45 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.27% to 1.3241, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.8763.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 94.52.