Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the declined 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the were Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:), which rose 1.96% or 11.20 points to trade at 583.80 at the close. Meanwhile, 3I Group PLC (LON:) added 1.40% or 51.00 points to end at 3,697.00 and Halma PLC (LON:) was up 1.39% or 38.00 points to 2,771.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Entain PLC (LON:), which fell 6.28% or 51.20 points to trade at 763.80 at the close. Centrica PLC (LON:) declined 3.66% or 4.80 points to end at 126.35 and ConvaTec Group PLC (LON:) was down 3.07% or 7.20 points to 227.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1112 to 649 and 663 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.21% or 5.71 to $2,670.09 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.63% or 1.16 to hit $70.13 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.97% or 0.72 to trade at $73.77 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.58% to 1.27, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.46% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 106.54.
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