NEW YORK: U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Aerospace & Defense, Automobiles & Parts and Forestry & Paper sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 lost 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Marks & Spencer Group (LONDON:MKS), which rose 1.58% or 8.50 points to trade at 547.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc (LONDON:RB) added 1.14% or 63.00 points to end at 5589.00 and Royal Mail (LONDON:RMG) was up 1.09% or 5.50 points to 510.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc (LONDON:RR), which fell 6.30% or 54.00 points to trade at 802.50 at the close. Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LONDON:RBS) declined 3.56% or 12.80 points to end at 346.50 and Schroders (LONDON:SDR) was down 3.56% or 113.00 points to 3061.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 2078 to 559 and 467 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.13% or 1.50 to $1166.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.56% or 1.42 to hit $54.10 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 3.32% or 2.00 to trade at $58.31 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.37% to 1.5627, while EUR/GBP fell 0.64% to 0.7094.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 96.24.
