The London Stock Exchange hill the session this Monday with a drop of 0.13%, with oil and mining stocks among the biggest losers. The FTSE-100, the main index in the British capital, fell 10.01 points, to 7,413.42 integers, while the secondary FTSE-250 lost 0.42%, 85.67 points, to 20,079.23 integers.
At the close of trading, the British pound was up 0.30% against the euro at €1.1955, and was up 0.91% against the US dollar at $1.2277. Worse-than-expected industrial data from China triggered fears of a slowdown in global demand, weighing on oil prices.
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During the afternoon of today, the barrel of Brent, of reference in Europe, was trading in London below 100 dollars per barrel.
On the London floor, the Shell oil company fell 1.97% and BP 1.91%, while the Anglo American mining company dropped 3.98% and Antofagasta 1.68%. The investor Melrose Industries led the losses with a drop of 5.45%, the certification company Intertek Group fell 3.31%, and the insurer Prudential 3.22%.
On the other hand, the publisher Pearson rose, 12.69%, the bank HSBC Holdings, 6.13%, the distribution firm Ocado Group, 4.36%, the computer security firm Avast, 3.23 % and classifieds company Auto Trader Group 2.64%.
