Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Fixed Line Telecommunications, Automobiles & Parts and Food Producers sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which rose 7.70% or 10.50 points to trade at 146.90 at the close. Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) added 3.44% or 10.20 points to end at 307.10 and BT Group PLC (LON:BT) was up 3.35% or 6.80 points to 209.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG), which lost 2.75% or 15.00 points to trade at 530.40 in late trade. BP PLC (LON:BP) declined 2.01% or 11.40 points to end at 555.10 and Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (LON:RDSa) shed 1.50% or 39.00 points to 2559.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 274 to 193 and 2 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.47% or 6.10 to $1297.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.86% or 1.26 to hit $66.62 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.27% or 0.97 to trade at $75.50 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.11% to 1.3310, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.8738.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 94.35.