UK stocks up at close; Investing.com UK 100 up 0.51% By Investing.com

Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in London, it was up 0.51%.

The best performers of the session on the were JD Sports Fashion PLC (LON: ), which rose 5.22% or 7.40 points to trade at 149.25 at the close. Meanwhile, B&M European Value Retail SA (LON: ) added 3.08% or 13.50 points to end at 452.50 and Antofagasta PLC (LON: ) was up 2.68% or 49.00 points to trade at 1,878.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Melrose Industries PLC (LON: ), which declined 7.10% or 36.30 points to trade at 474.70 at the close. The Sage Group PLC (LON: ) declined 2.00% or 20.30 points to 996.20 and Relx PLC (LON: ) declined 0.60% or 21.00 points to 3,499.00.

Advancers outnumbered decliners on the London Stock Exchange by 461 to 295, with 17 ending unchanged.

Gold futures for December delivery rose 0.16 percent, or 4.05, to $2,550.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodity trading, crude for October delivery rose 2.82%, or 2.11, to $76.94 a barrel, while the November Brent crude contract rose 2.26% or 1.77, up to $79.92 per barrel.

GBP/USD was unchanged 0.19% to 1.32, while EUR/GBP was unchanged 0.02% to 0.85.

US dollar index futures rose 0.16% to 100.76.