U.K. shares lower at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 down 1.16%

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Published Sep 17, 2019 03:15

U.K. shares lower at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 down 1.16%

U.K. shares lower at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 down 1.16%

Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Life Insurance/Assurance and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 1.16%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were BP PLC (LON:BP), which rose 4.00% or 20.20 points to trade at 524.60 at the close. BT Group PLC (LON:BT) added 3.38% or 5.80 points to end at 177.22 and Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (LON:RDSa) was up 2.12% or 48.50 points to 2331.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Prudential PLC (LON:PRU), which lost 3.46% or 53.00 points to trade at 1480.00 in late trade. Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR) declined 3.15% or 26.20 points to end at 805.60 and St. James’s Place PLC (LON:SJP) shed 2.72% or 28.00 points to 1002.50.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1281 to 861 and 206 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.76% or 11.45 to $1510.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 13.91% or 7.62 to hit $62.42 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 14.40% or 8.67 to trade at $68.89 a barrel.

GBP/USD was down 0.64% to 1.2420, while EUR/GBP rose 0.03% to 0.8857.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 98.208.

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