Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Industrial Metals & Mining and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO), which rose 4.90% or 34.00 points to trade at 727.50 at the close. Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) added 4.44% or 12.35 points to end at 290.25 and Carnival PLC (LON:CCL) was up 3.38% or 132.00 points to 4039.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which lost 4.01% or 48.00 points to trade at 1150.00 in late trade. Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS) declined 3.18% or 185.00 points to end at 5640.00 and United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU) shed 2.72% or 24.00 points to 858.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1339 to 954 and 418 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.77% or 9.05 to $1168.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.54% or 0.28 to hit $51.96 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.88% or 0.48 to trade at $54.94 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.12% to 1.2706, while EUR/GBP rose 0.79% to 0.8448.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 100.39.