Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining and Electronic & Electrical Equipment sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 gained 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Rio Tinto PLC (LONDON:RIO), which rose 1.84% or 47.50 points to trade at 2635.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresnillo PLC (LONDON:FRES) added 1.80% or 11.50 points to end at 649.50 and Inmarsat PLC (LONDON:ISA) was up 1.68% or 16.00 points to 967.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Prudential PLC (LONDON:PRU), which fell 1.44% or 22.00 points to trade at 1506.50 at the close. Tesco PLC (LONDON:TSCO) declined 1.41% or 3.05 points to end at 212.75 and J Sainsbury PLC (LONDON:SBRY) was down 1.23% or 3.30 points to 264.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1605 to 954 and 487 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 1.15% or 12.60 to $1106.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.07% or 0.91 to hit $44.78 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 3.17% or 1.56 to trade at $50.80 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.55% to 1.5572, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.7063.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 97.36.