Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Mobile Telecommunications, Electronic & Electrical Equipment and Fixed Line Telecommunications sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB), which rose 3.05% or 188.00 points to trade at 6348.00 at the close. EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) added 2.21% or 25.50 points to end at 1176.50 and Travis Perkins PLC (LON:TPK) was up 2.04% or 28.50 points to 1427.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Compass Group PLC (LON:CPG), which lost 2.20% or 39.50 points to trade at 1753.50 in late trade. Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) declined 2.01% or 44.50 points to end at 2165.00 and Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) shed 1.96% or 20.00 points to 1002.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1271 to 829 and 323 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.24% or 3.05 to $1292.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.74% or 0.47 to hit $63.42 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.53% or 0.38 to trade at $71.17 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.16% to 1.3101, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.8629.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 96.532.