Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Automobiles&Parts, Fixed Line Telecommunications and Industrial Transportation sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB), which rose 12.24% or 870.00 points to trade at 7975.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Capita PLC (LON:CPI) added 2.15% or 2.65 points to end at 125.85 and Coca Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH) was up 2.02% or 51.0 points to 2571.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG), which fell 2.73% or 17.20 points to trade at 613.80 at the close. BT Group PLC (LON:BT) declined 2.40% or 5.20 points to end at 211.80 and ITV PLC (LON:ITV) was down 2.27% or 3.90 points to 168.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1094 to 893 and 310 ended unchanged.
Shares in BT Group PLC (LON:BT) fell to 5-year lows; losing 2.40% or 5.20 to 211.80.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.06% or 0.80 to $1319.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.42% or 0.30 to hit $71.00 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.24% or 0.96 to trade at $78.08 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.33% to 1.3588, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8812.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 92.25.
