Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Food Producers and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC), which rose 2.62% or 7.90 points to trade at 309.60 at the close. 3I Group PLC (LON:III) added 1.80% or 13.00 points to end at 734.00 and J Sainsbury PLC (LON:SBRY) was up 1.71% or 4.60 points to 274.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS), which lost 1.64% or 4.00 points to trade at 239.90 in late trade. Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) declined 1.57% or 34.00 points to end at 2134.00 and Centrica PLC (LON:CNA) shed 1.06% or 2.30 points to 214.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1025 to 887 and 489 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.24% or 2.95 to $1233.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.51% or 0.25 to hit $49.06 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $51.74 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.35% to 1.2353, while EUR/GBP rose 0.39% to 0.8696.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 100.16.