Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrial Engineering, Mobile Telecommunications and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.41% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which rose 13.14% or 21.00 points to trade at 180.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) added 4.14% or 50.00 points to end at 1258.00 and St. James’s Place PLC (LON:SJP) was up 3.33% or 37.00 points to 1146.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bunzl PLC (LON:BNZL), which fell 2.58% or 55.00 points to trade at 2075.00 at the close. WPP PLC (LON:WPP) declined 2.49% or 28.50 points to end at 1118.00 and National Grid PLC (LON:NG) was down 2.02% or 16.40 points to 796.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1098 to 864 and 146 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.97% or 13.00 to $1325.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.41% or 0.28 to hit $68.12 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.08 to trade at $74.14 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.36% to 1.3952, while EUR/GBP fell 0.23% to 0.8756.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.60% at 90.62.