Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Forestry & Paper sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.69% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which rose 5.00% or 70.50 points to trade at 1480.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Old Mutual PLC (LON:OML) added 4.77% or 9.70 points to end at 213.10 and Babcock International Group PLC (LON:BAB) was up 3.21% or 22.00 points to 706.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ), which fell 2.82% or 40.00 points to trade at 1377.00 at the close. WPP PLC (LON:WPP) declined 1.73% or 24.00 points to end at 1365.00 and WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC (LON:MRW) was down 0.97% or 2.10 points to 213.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1422 to 697 and 142 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.64% or 8.10 to $1265.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $57.33 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.17% or 0.11 to trade at $63.34 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.57% to 1.3398, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8810.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 93.10.