U.K. stocks higher at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 up 0.29%

Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure , Household Goods & Home Construction and Industrial Engineering sectors led shares higher.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.29%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were JD Sports Fashion PLC (LON:JD ), which rose 9.99% or 9.34 points to trade at 102.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Entain PLC (LON:ENT ) added 5.56% or 42.00 points to end at 796.80 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ ) was up 4.22% or 21.80 points to 538.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF ), which fell 13.26% or 39.10 points to trade at 255.80 at the close. Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES ) declined 2.99% or 19.50 points to end at 633.00 and BAE Systems PLC (LON:BAES ) was down 2.70% or 36.00 points to 1,297.50.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1128 to 673 and 654 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 2.92% or 79.80 to $2,657.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.64% or 1.88 to hit $69.36 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 2.41% or 1.80 to trade at $72.83 a barrel.

GBP/USD was unchanged 0.15% to 1.26, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.29% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 107.01.

Source: Investing.com