Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining , Mobile Telecommunications and Tobacco sectors led shares higher.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.16% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were EasyJet PLC (LON: EZJ ), which rose 3.17% or 17.20 points to trade at 560.00 at the close. Meanwhile, International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON: ICAG ) added 2.63% or 8.50 points to end at 331.60 and Fresnillo PLC (LON: FRES ) was up 2.60% or 26.00 points to 1,026.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were BP PLC (LON: BP ), which fell 1.96% or 7.30 points to trade at 365.50 at the close. Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC (LON: SPX ) declined 1.89% or 115.00 points to end at 5,980.00 and JD Sports Fashion PLC (LON: JD ) was down 1.62% or 1.50 points to 91.24.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 875 to 861 and 614 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.41% or 44.91 to $3,232.21 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.18% or 0.73 to hit $62.70 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.92% or 0.60 to trade at $66.01 a barrel.

GBP/USD was up 0.60% to 1.34, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.04% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.66% at 100.28.