Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Insurance, Industrial Transportation and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Flutter Entertainment PLC (LON:FLTRF), which rose 4.70% or 650.00 points to trade at 14,485.00 at the close. Beazley PLC (LON:BEZG) added 2.90% or 19.00 points to end at 673.50 and B&M European Value Retail SA (LON:BMEB) was up 2.48% or 11.50 points to 474.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ConvaTec Group PLC (LON:CTEC), which lost 3.78% or 9.60 points to trade at 244.20 in late trade. Melrose Industries PLC (LON:MRON) declined 3.76% or 22.60 points to end at 578.00 and Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) shed 3.60% or 89.00 points to 2,385.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 974 to 846 and 685 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.86% or 20.20 to $2,328.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.14% or 0.89 to hit $78.94 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.04% or 0.86 to trade at $83.48 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.07% to 1.27, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.15% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 105.08.