U.K. stocks lower at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 down 0.93%

Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Aerospace & Defense, Industrial Transportation and Banking sectors led shares lower.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.93% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF), which rose 3.67% or 9.50 points to trade at 268.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Whitbread PLC (LON:WTB) added 3.34% or 84.00 points to end at 2,598.00 and Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) was up 2.84% or 68.00 points to 2,461.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Entain PLC (LON:ENT), which fell 8.62% or 62.40 points to trade at 661.20 at the close. Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR) declined 8.56% or 68.60 points to end at 732.80 and Intermediate Capital Group PLC (LON:ICGIN) was down 5.83% or 124.00 points to 2,004.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1164 to 646 and 588 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.59% or 17.16 to $2,896.94 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.16% or 0.78 to hit $66.26 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.17% or 0.82 to trade at $69.54 a barrel.

GBP/USD was unchanged 0.23% to 1.29, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.27% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 103.88.

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