Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas Producers, Mining and Mobile Telecommunications sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.90%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were BP PLC (LON:BP), which rose 4.41% or 16.95 points to trade at 401.45 at the close. Shell PLC (LON:SHEL) added 3.87% or 82.00 points to end at 2,203.00 and Auto Trader Group Plc (LON:AUTOA) was up 3.21% or 17.40 points to 559.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Carnival PLC (LON:CCL), which lost 4.66% or 30.60 points to trade at 626.20 in late trade. EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) declined 4.40% or 16.60 points to end at 360.30 and Ocado Group PLC (LON:OCDO) shed 3.59% or 29.20 points to 784.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 912 to 877 and 436 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.36% or 6.40 to $1,807.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.83% or 1.98 to hit $110.41 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.77% or 1.98 to trade at $113.61 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 1.21, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.11% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 104.96.