Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Construction & Materials, Mobile Telecommunications and Fixed Line Telecommunications sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 gained 1.72%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Severn Trent Plc (LONDON:SVT), which rose 5.89% or 121.00 points to trade at 2176.00 at the close. Meanwhile, International Airlines Group (LONDON:ICAG) added 4.15% or 21.00 points to end at 526.50 and Carnival (LONDON:CCL) was up 3.79% or 120.00 points to 3288.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Randgold Resources (LONDON:RRS), which fell 1.89% or 85.00 points to trade at 4413.00 at the close. Hikma Pharmaceuticals (LONDON:HIK) declined 1.85% or 36.00 points to end at 1911.00 and Fresnillo Plc (LONDON:FRES) was down 1.26% or 9.00 points to 703.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1983 to 669 and 428 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was down 1.51% or 18.20 to $1183.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.38% or 0.23 to hit $59.74 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.45% or 0.28 to trade at $62.73 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.48% to 1.5812, while EUR/GBP rose 0.46% to 0.7181.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 94.45.