Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining , Industrial Transportation and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares higher.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.61% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Standard Chartered PLC (LON: STAN ), which rose 9.60% or 102.50 points to trade at 1,170.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Smurfit WestRock PLC (LON: SWR ) added 7.70% or 241.00 points to end at 3,371.00 and Glencore PLC (LON: GLEN ) was up 6.08% or 15.35 points to 267.65 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Fresnillo PLC (LON: FRES ), which fell 5.80% or 61.50 points to trade at 999.50 at the close. Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON: MKS ) declined 3.32% or 11.90 points to end at 346.10 and Relx PLC (LON: REL ) was down 2.90% or 117.00 points to 3,913.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1181 to 634 and 537 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 3.22% or 107.56 to $3,236.44 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.97% or 1.20 to hit $62.22 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.86% or 1.19 to trade at $65.10 a barrel.

GBP/USD was down 0.86% to 1.32, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.39% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.33% at 101.50.