Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Food Producers, Software & Computer Services and Gas, Water & Multiutilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Provident Financial (LON:PFG), which rose 5.17% or 33.80 points to trade at 687.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Associated British Foods PLC (LON:ABF) added 3.09% or 77.00 points to end at 2572.00 and WPP PLC (LON:WPP) was up 2.24% or 26.00 points to 1188.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which fell 4.28% or 5.90 points to trade at 132.10 at the close. Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) declined 3.42% or 12.00 points to end at 339.15 and Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) was down 2.64% or 5.20 points to 192.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1043 to 953 and 155 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.01% or 0.20 to $1335.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.01% or 1.25 to hit $63.31 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.94% or 1.30 to trade at $68.41 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.28% to 1.4127, while EUR/GBP rose 0.03% to 0.8718.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 89.60.