Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Beverage, Industrial Transportation and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ), which rose 3.79% or 65.00 points to trade at 1778.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Johnson Matthey PLC (LON:JMAT) added 3.45% or 126.00 points to end at 3781.00 and International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) was up 2.71% or 18.60 points to 704.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shire PLC (LON:SHP), which fell 2.28% or 92.00 points to trade at 3943.00 at the close. Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM) declined 1.58% or 9.60 points to end at 598.00 and Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB) was down 0.78% or 70.00 points to 8965.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1339 to 704 and 315 ended unchanged.
Shares in Johnson Matthey PLC (LON:JMAT) rose to all time highs; up 3.45% or 126.00 to 3781.00. Shares in International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) rose to all time highs; up 2.71% or 18.60 to 704.40.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.13% or 1.70 to $1297.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.14% or 0.75 to hit $65.06 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.30% or 1.00 to trade at $75.79 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.25% to 1.3315, while EUR/GBP rose 0.48% to 0.8779.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 94.03.