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The FTSE 100 closed slightly lower on Monday, below new best levels, and despite gains by gold miners as the yellow metal hit a new high.
The FTSE 100 index closed down 12.11 points, 0.1%, at 9,479.14. The blue-chip index had earlier hit a new all-time best level of 9,516.83.
The FTSE 250 ended down 97.88 points, 0.4%, at 22,099.74, and the AIM All-Share declined 0.89 of a point, 0.1%, at 795.63.
In European equities on Monday, the CAC 40 in Paris closed down 1.4%, while the DAX 40 in Frankfurt ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 tumbled after prime minister Sebastien Lecornu resigned.
President Emmanuel Macron appointed Mr Lecornu, a former defence minister, to the post last month
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