U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financial Services, Mobile Telecommunications and Pharmaceuticals&Biotech sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the United Kingdom 100 rose 1.84% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the United Kingdom 100 were Just Eat (LON:JE), which rose 22.72% or 144.40 points to trade at 780.00 at the close. Meanwhile, London Stock Exchange Group PLC (LON:LSE) added 15.34% or 870.00 points to end at 6542.00 and Vodafone Group PLC (LON:VOD) was up 4.27% or 6.24 points to 152.24 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ), which fell 2.81% or 29.00 points to trade at 1001.50 at the close. DS Smith PLC (LON:SMDS) declined 1.68% or 6.30 points to end at 369.20 and Sage Group PLC (LON:SGE) was down 0.92% or 6.80 points to 735.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1180 to 999 and 192 ended unchanged.
Shares in London Stock Exchange Group PLC (LON:LSE) rose to all time highs; up 15.34% or 870.00 to 6542.00.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.10% or 1.40 to $1420.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.96% or 0.54 to hit $56.74 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.28% or 0.18 to trade at $63.55 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 1.25% to 1.2226, while EUR/GBP rose 1.46% to 0.9113.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 97.825.
