LONDON: U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Automobiles & Parts, Construction & Materials and General Industrial sectors led shares higher. At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 2.14%. The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Barclays PLC (LON:BARC), which rose 5.41% or 11.25 points to trade at 219.20 at the close. Meanwhile, CRH PLC (LON:CRH) added 5.35% or 145.00 points to end at 2854.00 and International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) was up 4.98% or 27.00 points to 569.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Centrica PLC (LON:CNA), which fell 3.52% or 7.30 points to trade at 200.40 at the close. SSE PLC (LON:SSE) declined 1.94% or 28.00 points to end at 1417.00 and Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS) was down 1.41% or 100.00 points to 6970.00. Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1469 to 459 and 461 ended unchanged. Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.01% or 13.04 to $1276.06 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.64% or 0.32 to hit $49.30 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.46% or 0.24 to trade at $52.20 a barrel. GBP/USD was down 0.34% to 1.2782, while EUR/GBP rose 1.41% to 0.8488. The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.63% at 99.03.
