Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Fixed Line Telecommunications, Mining and Tobacco sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were BT Group PLC (LON:BT), which rose 2.46% or 10.900 points to trade at 454.900 at the close. Meanwhile, Tui AG (LON:TUIT) added 2.31% or 24.00 points to end at 1065.00 and Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) was up 2.26% or 15.30 points to 693.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ARM Holdings PLC (LON:ARM), which fell 3.84% or 38.00 points to trade at 952.00 at the close. Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) declined 2.72% or 12.80 points to end at 458.20 and Sports Direct International PLC (LON:SPD) was down 2.03% or 8.000 points to 386.500.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1092 to 1000 and 432 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.05% or 0.60 to $1235.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.05% or 0.44 to hit $41.27 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.16% or 0.07 to trade at $43.03 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.49% to 1.4277, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.7927.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.25% at 94.44.