U.K. stocks higher at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 up 0.30%

Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Aerospace & Defense, Automobiles & Parts and Insurance sectors led shares higher.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.30% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Howden Joinery Group Plc (LON:HWDN), which rose 2.76% or 22.50 points to trade at 838.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR) added 2.58% or 14.40 points to end at 573.00 and Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC (LON:SPX) was up 2.37% or 170.00 points to 7,340.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Vistry Group PLC (LON:VTYV), which fell 3.89% or 25.50 points to trade at 630.50 at the close. B&M European Value Retail SA (LON:BMEB) declined 2.62% or 9.10 points to end at 337.80 and Unite Group PLC (LON:UTG) was down 2.27% or 20.00 points to 862.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 947 to 857 and 628 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.70% or 18.76 to $2,662.24 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.31% or 0.21 to hit $67.79 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.36% or 0.26 to trade at $71.58 a barrel.

GBP/USD was down 0.76% to 1.26, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.11% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.60% at 106.47.