Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Mobile Telecommunications, Industrial Metals & Mining and Electrical sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS), which rose 2.75% or 10.60 points to trade at 395.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Burberry Group PLC (LON:BRBY) added 2.45% or 42.00 points to end at 1756.00 and Merlin Entertainments PLC (LON:MERL) was up 2.24% or 11.50 points to 525.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), which fell 4.61% or 80.00 points to trade at 1656.00 at the close. Micro Focus International (LON:MCRO) declined 3.76% or 93.00 points to end at 2379.00 and Worldpay Group PLC (LON:WPG) was down 2.42% or 7.80 points to 314.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1128 to 788 and 497 ended unchanged.
Shares in Merlin Entertainments PLC (LON:MERL) rose to all time highs; rising 2.24% or 11.50 to 525.50.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.49% or 6.13 to $1259.73 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.89% or 0.45 to hit $51.12 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.63% or 0.34 to trade at $53.95 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.23% to 1.3005, while EUR/GBP rose 0.50% to 0.8639.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 96.88.