NEW YORK: U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Electrical, Gas, Water & Multiutilities and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Glencore PLC (L:GLEN), which rose 5.26% or 4.8300 points to trade at 96.7100 at the close. Meanwhile, Taylor Wimpey PLC (L:TW) added 3.13% or 5.90 points to end at 194.60 and Sports Direct International PLC (L:SPD) was up 2.74% or 19.500 points to 731.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aberdeen Asset Management PLC (L:ADN), which fell 4.60% or 15.40 points to trade at 319.40 at the close. SSE PLC (L:SSE) declined 1.78% or 26.00 points to end at 1434.00 and Unilever PLC (L:ULVR) was down 1.46% or 42.00 points to 2834.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1274 to 885 and 457 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.64% or 6.80 to $1063.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.56% or 0.65 to hit $42.36 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.86% or 0.39 to trade at $45.24 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.10% to 1.5045, while EUR/GBP fell 0.38% to 0.7019.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.25% at 100.31.
