Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 1.00% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which rose 11.12% or 68.70 points to trade at 686.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Weir Group PLC (LON:WEIR) added 7.20% or 85.00 points to end at 1265.00 and Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) was up 6.36% or 120.500 points to 2015.500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS), which fell 2.02% or 4.800 points to trade at 232.400 at the close. Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) declined 1.73% or 2.8000 points to end at 159.2000 and Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV) was down 1.56% or 9.000 points to 569.000.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1331 to 713 and 419 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.37% or 4.55 to $1247.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.04% or 0.99 to hit $49.61 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.67% or 0.83 to trade at $50.47 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.46% to 1.4453, while EUR/GBP rose 0.33% to 0.7855.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 94.04.