Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Industrial Metals & Mining and Healthcare Equipment & Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Just Eat (LON:JE), which rose 4.28% or 26.20 points to trade at 638.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Flutter Entertainment PLC (LON:FLTRF) added 4.22% or 284.00 points to end at 7010.00 and Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) was up 4.01% or 34.60 points to 897.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO), which fell 5.66% or 99.80 points to trade at 1664.00 at the close. Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN) declined 2.89% or 57.50 points to end at 1932.00 and Vodafone Group PLC (LON:VOD) was down 1.17% or 1.54 points to 130.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1154 to 959 and 238 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.14% or 1.95 to $1414.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.93% or 0.56 to hit $59.65 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.37% or 0.25 to trade at $66.47 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.46% to 1.2515, while EUR/GBP rose 0.41% to 0.8998.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 96.542.