Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 1.00% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which rose 11.12% or 68.70 points to trade at 686.60 at the close. Weir Group PLC (LON:WEIR) added 7.20% or 85.00 points to end at 1265.00 and Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) was up 6.36% or 120.500 points to 2015.500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS), which lost 2.02% or 4.800 points to trade at 232.400 in late trade. Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) declined 1.73% or 2.8000 points to end at 159.2000 and Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV) shed 1.56% or 9.000 points to 569.000.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1331 to 713 and 419 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.37% or 4.55 to $1247.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.04% or 0.99 to hit $49.61 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.67% or 0.83 to trade at $50.47 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.46% to 1.4453, while EUR/GBP rose 0.33% to 0.7855.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 94.04.