Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Industrial Metals & Mining and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO), which rose 4.90% or 34.00 points to trade at 727.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) added 4.44% or 12.35 points to end at 290.25 and Carnival PLC (LON:CCL) was up 3.38% or 132.00 points to 4039.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which fell 4.01% or 48.00 points to trade at 1150.00 at the close. Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS) declined 3.18% or 185.00 points to end at 5640.00 and United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU) was down 2.72% or 24.00 points to 858.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1339 to 954 and 418 ended unchanged.
Shares in Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.44% or 12.35 to 290.25.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.76% or 8.95 to $1168.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.52% or 0.27 to hit $51.95 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.88% or 0.48 to trade at $54.94 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.12% to 1.2706, while EUR/GBP rose 0.79% to 0.8448.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 100.39.