Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which rose 5.41% or 31.30 points to trade at 609.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) added 3.35% or 13.80 points to end at 425.60 and Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) was up 3.12% or 5.0500 points to 166.7000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Inmarsat PLC (LON:ISA), which fell 1.58% or 12.00 points to trade at 748.50 at the close. Shire PLC (LON:SHP) declined 1.55% or 64.00 points to end at 4070.00 and Carnival PLC (LON:CCL) was down 1.32% or 48.00 points to 3582.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 995 to 851 and 488 ended unchanged.
Shares in Inmarsat PLC (LON:ISA) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.58% or 12.00 to 748.50.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.37% or 4.65 to $1277.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 3.07% or 1.42 to hit $47.63 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 2.61% or 1.25 to trade at $49.08 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.24% to 1.4413, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.7863.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.18% at 94.43.