Investing.com – United Kingdom equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the FTSE 350 - Industrial Metals & Mining, FTSE 350 Industrial Transportation and FTSE 350 Travel & Leisure sectors led 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 fell 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) down 2.90% or 117.00 points to 3,913.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 1181 to 634 and 537 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 3.18% or 106.44 to $3,237.56 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, 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.