Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Food Producers, Software & Computer Services and Gas, Water & Multiutilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Provident Financial (LON:PFG), which rose 5.17% or 33.80 points to trade at 687.20 at the close. Associated British Foods PLC (LON:ABF) added 3.09% or 77.00 points to end at 2572.00 and WPP PLC (LON:WPP) was up 2.24% or 26.00 points to 1188.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which lost 4.28% or 5.90 points to trade at 132.10 in late trade. Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) declined 3.42% or 12.00 points to end at 339.15 and Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) shed 2.64% or 5.20 points to 192.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1043 to 953 and 155 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.02% or 0.30 to $1335.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.01% or 1.25 to hit $63.31 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.94% or 1.30 to trade at $68.41 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.28% to 1.4128, while EUR/GBP rose 0.03% to 0.8718.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 89.61.