Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrial Engineering, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Forestry & Paper sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Ashtead Group PLC (LON:AHT), which rose 3.42% or 54.00 points to trade at 1635.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Micro Focus International (LON:MCRO) added 3.30% or 69.00 points to end at 2158.00 and Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) was up 2.27% or 19.50 points to 878.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB), which fell 1.63% or 57.00 points to trade at 3442.50 at the close. Experian PLC (LON:EXPN) declined 1.51% or 24.00 points to end at 1564.00 and Sage Group PLC (LON:SGE) was down 1.10% or 7.50 points to 675.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1104 to 769 and 474 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.49% or 5.96 to $1233.46 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.67% or 0.31 to hit $46.23 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.21 to trade at $48.70 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.30% to 1.3061, while EUR/GBP rose 0.37% to 0.8785.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 94.94.