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According to Bloomberg, the leading index on the British stock exchange had shed 0.4 per cent - down by 24.54 to 5,959.79 - at 13:30 GMT in London.
Base metals were among those to decrease and BP revealed an oil leak at a pumping station in Alaska.
Following this announcement - which resulted in the organisation having to shut down its Trans-Alaska Pipeline System for the time being - the company's shares fell by 1.6 per cent to 484.4 pence.
What's more, it was a bad day for Capital Shopping Centres as it decreased by two per cent to 400 pence, while Smith & Nephew was up by 13 per cent to 736 pence.
On Friday, the FTSE 100 was down 0.6 per cent, with a lower than expected fall in US payroll data negatively affecting some companies.
Posted by Chris Weaver
