Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Banking and Household Goods & Home Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.33%.
The biggest gainers 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. 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.
Biggest losers included Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which lost 3.12% or 50.00 points to trade at 1555.00 in late trade. Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) declined 2.72% or 21.00 points to end at 751.00 and Provident Financial (LON:PFG) shed 1.68% or 41.00 points to 2399.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1086 to 850 and 437 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.94% or 11.79 to $1244.61 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.74% or 0.32 to hit $43.33 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.50% or 0.23 to trade at $45.98 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.