Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Food Producers, Mining and Pharmaceuticals & Biotech sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.57%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN), which rose 3.12% or 79.0 points to trade at 2613.0 at the close. Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) added 2.83% or 53.2 points to end at 1932.4 and Ashtead Group PLC (LON:AHT) was up 2.75% or 74.0 points to 2764.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG), which lost 5.29% or 10.30 points to trade at 184.25 in late trade. Tui AG (LON:TUIT) declined 5.07% or 16.00 points to end at 299.60 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) shed 4.59% or 26.20 points to 544.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1149 to 1023 and 155 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 2.34% or 45.60 to $1995.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.31% or 0.55 to hit $42.56 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.71% or 0.32 to trade at $45.12 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.18% to 1.3107, while EUR/GBP rose 0.10% to 0.9055.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 92.828.