Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Food Producers and Automobiles & Parts sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 gained 0.47% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Standard Chartered (LONDON:STAN), which rose 4.25% or 45.50 points to trade at 1115.50 at the close. Meanwhile, HSBC Holdings Plc (LONDON:HSBA) added 3.11% or 19.60 points to end at 649.30 and Hargreaves Lansdown Plc (LONDON:HRGV) was up 2.88% or 34.00 points to 1215.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aggreko (LONDON:AGGK), which fell 1.91% or 32.00 points to trade at 1640.00 at the close. Tullow Oil Plc (LONDON:TLW) declined 1.84% or 7.70 points to end at 410.30 and Tesco (LONDON:TSCO) was down 1.78% or 4.00 points to 220.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1660 to 942 and 453 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was up 2.34% or 27.50 to $1202.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.52% or 0.30 to hit $57.45 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.19% or 0.12 to trade at $65.16 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.37% to 1.5245, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.7156.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.34% at 96.74.