U.K. stocks lower at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 down 1.05%

Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts , Mining and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares lower.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 1.05%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were BP PLC (LON:BP ), which rose 0.92% or 3.55 points to trade at 391.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK ) added 0.79% or 15.00 points to end at 1,911.00 and Associated British Foods PLC (LON:ABF ) was up 0.43% or 10.00 points to 2,333.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Rightmove PLC (LON:RMV ), which fell 7.66% or 51.20 points to trade at 617.40 at the close. Smiths Group PLC (LON:SMIN ) declined 4.77% or 84.00 points to end at 1,677.00 and Intermediate Capital Group PLC (LON:ICGIN ) was down 4.46% or 104.00 points to 2,228.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1206 to 633 and 632 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.42% or 11.30 to $2,656.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.20% or 0.82 to hit $69.00 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.17% or 0.84 to trade at $72.38 a barrel.

GBP/USD was unchanged 0.19% to 1.34, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.34% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 100.36.

Source: Investing.com