Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining and Oil & Gas Producers sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 1.21%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Shire PLC (LON:SHP), which rose 3.97% or 122.00 points to trade at 3197.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) added 2.90% or 15.00 points to end at 533.00 and Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) was up 2.82% or 107.00 points to 3895.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Provident Financial (LON:PFG), which fell 2.58% or 17.60 points to trade at 664.80 at the close. Capita PLC (LON:CPI) declined 2.08% or 4.05 points to end at 191.15 and Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) was down 1.90% or 34.50 points to 1786.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1440 to 650 and 124 ended unchanged.
Shares in Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.90% or 15.00 to 533.00. Shares in Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) fell to 3-years lows; down 1.90% or 34.50 to 1786.00.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.93% or 12.20 to $1327.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.45% or 0.86 to hit $60.06 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.04% or 0.65 to trade at $63.44 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.02% to 1.3821, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.8879.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 90.15.