Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Forestry & Paper and Industrial Engineering sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), which rose 4.67% or 85.00 points to trade at 1903.00 at the close. Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB) added 2.23% or 155.00 points to end at 7110.00 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) was up 2.06% or 32.50 points to 1607.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sage Group PLC (LON:SGE), which lost 7.00% or 46.60 points to trade at 619.20 in late trade. Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) declined 1.13% or 3.10 points to end at 270.20 and The Berkeley Group Holdings plc (LON:BKGH) shed 1.10% or 41.00 points to 3696.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1287 to 690 and 339 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.90% or 10.60 to $1194.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.28% or 0.18 to hit $65.39 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.58% or 0.42 to trade at $72.25 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.18% to 1.2774, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8966.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 95.91.