Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Food Producers and Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO), which rose 2.10% or 37.50 points to trade at 1,825.00 at the close. Prudential PLC (LON:PRU) added 1.85% or 11.60 points to end at 638.60 and Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS) was up 1.76% or 6.50 points to 376.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Smurfit WestRock PLC (LON:SWR), which lost 2.64% or 94.00 points to trade at 3,470.00 in late trade. B&M European Value Retail SA (LON:BMEB) declined 2.57% or 10.80 points to end at 410.10 and DS Smith PLC (LON:SMDS) shed 2.43% or 11.40 points to 457.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 913 to 860 and 695 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.34% or 9.05 to $2,655.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.61% or 1.14 to hit $69.86 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.32% or 0.97 to trade at $72.72 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.18% to 1.33, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.57% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 100.56.