Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Automobiles & Parts and Fixed Line Telecommunications sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.04% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Burberry Group PLC (LON:BRBY), which rose 2.56% or 49.00 points to trade at 1964.00 at the close. Meanwhile, BHP Billiton PLC (LON:BLT) added 2.56% or 36.50 points to end at 1464.00 and Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) was up 2.53% or 54.00 points to 2185.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RSA Insurance Group PLC (LON:RSA), which fell 1.62% or 10.00 points to trade at 607.50 at the close. ITV PLC (LON:ITV) declined 1.44% or 2.30 points to end at 157.50 and Standard Life Aberdeen PLC (LON:SLA) was down 1.42% or 6.20 points to 429.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1002 to 956 and 449 ended unchanged.
Shares in Burberry Group PLC (LON:BRBY) rose to all time highs; up 2.56% or 49.00 to 1964.00.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.04% or 13.17 to $1282.37 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.64% or 1.47 to hit $57.11 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.84% or 1.76 to trade at $63.83 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.61% to 1.3157, while EUR/GBP fell 0.63% to 0.8821.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 94.70.