Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Tobacco and Pharmaceuticals & Biotech sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN), which rose 2.53% or 145.00 points to trade at 5877.00 at the close. Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO) added 1.99% or 24.50 points to end at 1256.00 and British American Tobacco PLC (LON:BATS) was up 1.93% or 64.50 points to 3407.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Babcock International Group PLC (LON:BAB), which lost 6.21% or 38.40 points to trade at 580.40 in late trade. Ashtead Group PLC (LON:AHT) declined 4.40% or 86.50 points to end at 1877.50 and Provident Financial PLC (LON:PFG) shed 3.56% or 19.80 points to 537.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1187 to 884 and 325 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.02% or 0.20 to $1231.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.36% or 0.23 to hit $63.37 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.51% or 0.37 to trade at $73.20 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.38% to 1.3018, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8753.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 96.23.