U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrial Metals&Mining, Forestry&Paper and Industrial Engineering sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the United Kingdom 100 rose 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the United Kingdom 100 were Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), which rose 4.67% or 85.00 points to trade at 1903.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB) added 2.23% or 155.00 points to end at 7110.00 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) was up 2.06% or 32.50 points to 1607.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sage Group PLC (LON:SGE), which fell 7.00% or 46.60 points to trade at 619.20 at the close. Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) declined 1.13% or 3.10 points to end at 270.20 and The Berkeley Group Holdings plc (LON:BKGH) was down 1.10% or 41.00 points to 3696.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1289 to 690 and 339 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.67% or 85.00 to 1903.00. Shares in Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) fell to 5-year lows; losing 1.13% or 3.10 to 270.20.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.89% or 10.50 to $1194.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.26% or 0.17 to hit $65.38 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.58% or 0.42 to trade at $72.25 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.17% to 1.2773, while EUR/GBP fell 0.04% to 0.8967.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 95.91.
