Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemicals, Travel & Leisure and Support Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 1.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Entain PLC (LON:ENT), which rose 5.29% or 33.80 points to trade at 673.20 at the close. Melrose Industries PLC (LON:MRON) added 4.15% or 18.80 points to end at 472.10 and Flutter Entertainment PLC (LON:FLTRF) was up 3.84% or 615.00 points to 16,650.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Burberry Group PLC (LON:BRBY), which lost 4.86% or 29.40 points to trade at 575.00 in late trade. Pearson PLC (LON:PSON) declined 1.40% or 15.00 points to end at 1,058.50 and Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (LON:RKT) shed 1.15% or 52.00 points to 4,486.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1083 to 686 and 704 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.20% or 5.00 to $2,529.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.20% or 0.81 to hit $68.48 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.82% or 0.58 to trade at $71.64 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.29% to 1.31, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.04% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 101.53.