Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrial Engineering, Mobile Telecommunications and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.41% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which rose 13.14% or 21.00 points to trade at 180.80 at the close. Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) added 4.14% or 50.00 points to end at 1258.00 and St. James’s Place PLC (LON:SJP) was up 3.33% or 37.00 points to 1146.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bunzl PLC (LON:BNZL), which lost 2.58% or 55.00 points to trade at 2075.00 in late trade. WPP PLC (LON:WPP) declined 2.49% or 28.50 points to end at 1118.00 and National Grid PLC (LON:NG) shed 2.02% or 16.40 points to 796.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1098 to 864 and 146 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.98% or 13.10 to $1325.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.42% or 0.29 to hit $68.11 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.08% or 0.06 to trade at $74.12 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.37% to 1.3950, while EUR/GBP fell 0.23% to 0.8756.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 90.63.