Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Banking and Household Goods & Home Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Whitbread PLC (LON:WTB), which rose 2.17% or 86.00 points to trade at 4045.00 at the close. Meanwhile, International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) added 2.09% or 12.50 points to end at 611.00 and Capita PLC (LON:CPI) was up 2.02% or 14.00 points to 705.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which fell 3.12% or 50.00 points to trade at 1555.00 at the close. Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) declined 2.72% or 21.00 points to end at 751.00 and Provident Financial (LON:PFG) was down 1.68% or 41.00 points to 2399.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1086 to 850 and 437 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.93% or 11.69 to $1244.71 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.77% or 0.33 to hit $43.34 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.55% or 0.25 to trade at $46.00 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.03% to 1.2723, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8792.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 97.03.