Investing.com – British shares fell at the close on Monday; Sector decline, pushing indicators down.
At the close in London, it lost 0.87%.
Among the top performers during the session was Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (LON:), which rose 2.75%, or 39.11 points, to settle at 1,459.81 at the close. It was followed by Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (LON 🙂 which rose 2.67% or 38.0 points to close at 1,458.4, then Royal Dutch Shell PLC B (LON 🙂 which rose 2.50% or 34.0 points to end the session. at 1,393.6.
At the bottom of the index was International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (LON:), which fell 4.17%, or 8.48 points, to close at 194.72. Meanwhile, Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON::) fell 4.09%, 4.58 points, closing at 107.36, while Associated British Foods PLC (LON:): lost 2.76%, 65.0 points, closing at 2,292.0.
Green numbers outnumbered red on the London Stock Exchange by 1,152 against 1,028, a flat 260.
Gold futures for August delivery were down 0.77%, or 14.45, to $1,865.15 an ounce. Regarding other commodities, crude oil futures for July delivery rebounded 0.78%, or $0.55, to settle at $71.46 a barrel, while Brent crude futures for August delivery rose 0.78%, or 0.80%, to $0.58 a barrel.
GBP/USD rose 0.09% to 1.4118, while EUR/GBP rose 0.13% to 0.8589.
The dollar index fell 0.11 percent to 90.427.
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