© Reuters U.K. shares lower at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 down 0.30%
Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the fell 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:), which rose 2.29% or 8.10 points to trade at 361.20 at the close. Pershing Square Holdings Ltd (AS:) added 1.95% or 0.95 points to end at 49.75 and Admiral Group PLC (LON:) was up 1.86% or 47.00 points to 2,580.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ocado Group PLC (LON:), which lost 6.98% or 36.90 points to trade at 491.50 in late trade. St. James’s Place PLC (LON:) declined 3.92% or 25.20 points to end at 617.80 and Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:) shed 3.86% or 80.00 points to 1,994.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 994 to 746 and 708 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.64% or 13.05 to $2,036.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.07% or 0.82 to hit $77.31 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.83% or 0.67 to trade at $81.47 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.01% to 1.27, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.18% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 103.71.
