Investing.com – United Kingdom equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the FTSE 350 Aerospace & Defense, FTSE 350 Industrial Transportation and FTSE 350 Banks sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.93% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF), which rose 3.67% or 9.50 points to trade at 268.60 at the close. Whitbread PLC (LON:WTB) added 3.34% or 84.00 points to end at 2,598.00 and Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) was up 2.84% or 68.00 points to 2,461.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Entain PLC (LON:ENT), which fell 8.62% or 62.40 points to trade at 661.20 in late trade. Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR) declined 8.56% or 68.60 points to end at 732.80 and Intermediate Capital Group PLC (LON:ICGIN) down 5.83% or 124.00 points to 2,004.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 1164 to 646 and 588 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.60% or 17.40 to $2,896.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.19% or 0.80 to hit $66.24 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.21% or 0.85 to trade at $69.51 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.22% to 1.29, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.27% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 103.87.