Online shopping, Barclays, an infidelity website and the gold price were among topics piquing interest.
As Greek banks open again after three weeks and the gold price sank in the wake of the easing of tensions about the debt-ridden country, there was plenty for web surfers to chew over.
Unsurprisingly, to anyone who ever takes an interest on what comes through the letterbox, foot traffic in the High Street has fallen due to the trend of "shopping online".
The British Retail Commission (BRC) said foot traffic on average was 1.5% lower than a year ago, declining again after a 1% fall in May.
Another story in the news was that owners of travel hotel chain Travelodge are preparing for a £1bn sale or IPO and has appointed Deutsche Bank as advisor.
Goldman Sachs and two hedge funds GoldenTree Asset Management and Avenue Capital own the hotel, which has come a long way since they rescued the debt-ridden country three years ago.
For 2014, it reported a 63.5% increase in underlying profits to £66.2mln, with revenues up almost 15%.
Big bank Barclays (LON:BARC) was making headlines, with news, reported in the Times, that it wants to cut 30,000 jobs within two years as it looks to ramp up its cost-cutting programme.
The most actively traded stock (which it often is) was Motive Television (LON:MTV), which saw 405.74mln shares change hands.
Today, the group said it had struck an agreement with maritime communications group MTN, which extends the reach of its BYOD TV (bring your own device) technology.
In tech news, few would claim they couldn't see the irony in news that customers data had been stolen from Ashley Madison - a dating website for married people who want to have an affair.
Hackers said they had obtained information including "all the customers' secret sexual fantasies and matching credit card transactions".
Some account data has already been published online, it was also revealed.
Traders were keen to keep track of the gold price on Monday after it sank to a five year low on the back of easing tensions in Greece, fears of a rate hike in the USA and a sell-off in China.
Tomco Energy (LON:TOM) was the biggest gainer in London, with shares adding over 33% after last week it confirmed it had reached its key strategic goal for the Holliday Block shale oil project in Utah.