Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining and Oil & Gas Producers sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 1.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Shire PLC (LON:SHP), which rose 3.97% or 122.00 points to trade at 3197.00 at the close. Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) added 2.90% or 15.00 points to end at 533.00 and Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) was up 2.82% or 107.00 points to 3895.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Provident Financial (LON:PFG), which lost 2.58% or 17.60 points to trade at 664.80 in late trade. Capita PLC (LON:CPI) declined 2.08% or 4.05 points to end at 191.15 and Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) shed 1.90% or 34.50 points to 1786.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1440 to 650 and 124 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.93% or 12.30 to $1328.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.40% or 0.83 to hit $60.03 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.99% or 0.62 to trade at $63.41 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.02% to 1.3821, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.8879.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 90.15.