LONDON: U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Food & Drug Retailers, Industrial Metals & Mining and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 declined 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Tullow Oil Plc (LONDON:TLW), which rose 2.54% or 8.40 points to trade at 339.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Ashtead Group (LONDON:AHT) added 1.58% or 17.00 points to end at 1093.00 and Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LONDON:RBS) was up 1.23% or 4.30 points to 353.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bhp Billiton (LONDON:BLT), which fell 3.25% or 47.50 points to trade at 1416.00 at the close. Tesco (LONDON:TSCO) declined 2.67% or 6.70 points to end at 244.30 and Antofagasta (LONDON:ANTO) was down 2.50% or 18.50 points to 722.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London STOCK EXCHANGE by 1334 to 1280 and 446 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.36% or 4.30 to $1200.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in COMMODITIES TRADING, Crude oil for delivery in May unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $51.64 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.24% or 0.14 to trade at $58.81 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.21% to 1.4664, while EUR/GBP fell 0.39% to 0.7220.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 99.69.
