Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Oil & Gas Producers and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.20% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP), which rose 2.65% or 3.10 points to trade at 120.10 at the close. Sage Group PLC (LON:SGE) added 2.55% or 16.00 points to end at 642.80 and Tui AG (LON:TUIT) was up 2.45% or 28.50 points to 1190.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC), which lost 2.80% or 3.90 points to trade at 135.55 in late trade. Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) declined 2.09% or 53.50 points to end at 2505.50 and WPP PLC (LON:WPP) shed 1.60% or 14.00 points to 863.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1065 to 994 and 328 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.28% or 3.75 to $1318.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.86% or 1.03 to hit $54.23 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.76% or 0.48 to trade at $62.27 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.17% to 1.3060, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.8756.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 95.542.