Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Industrial Transportation and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.61% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN), which rose 9.60% or 102.50 points to trade at 1,170.00 at the close. Smurfit WestRock PLC (LON:SWR) added 7.70% or 241.00 points to end at 3,371.00 and Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) was up 6.08% or 15.35 points to 267.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which lost 5.80% or 61.50 points to trade at 999.50 in late trade. Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS) declined 3.32% or 11.90 points to end at 346.10 and Relx PLC (LON:REL) shed 2.90% or 117.00 points to 3,913.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1181 to 634 and 537 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 3.18% or 106.49 to $3,237.51 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.95% or 1.19 to hit $62.21 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.88% or 1.20 to trade at $65.11 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.84% to 1.32, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.39% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.32% at 101.50.