Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the rose 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Entain PLC (LON:), which rose 5.23% or 41.00 points to trade at 825.00 at the close. Rio Tinto PLC (LON:) added 4.21% or 209.50 points to end at 5,184.00 and Anglo American PLC (LON:) was up 3.21% or 67.00 points to 2,155.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sage Group PLC (LON:), which lost 2.77% or 34.50 points to trade at 1,212.50 in late trade. Flutter Entertainment PLC (LON:) declined 2.27% or 360.00 points to end at 15,535.00 and Severn Trent PLC (LON:) shed 1.90% or 46.00 points to 2,382.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1171 to 603 and 656 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.06% or 1.50 to $2,346.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.58% or 1.37 to hit $85.54 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.77% or 1.61 to trade at $89.56 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.10% to 1.26, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 103.97.