Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Beverage , Life Insurance/Assurance and Industrial Transportation sectors led shares higher.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.24%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were JD Sports Fashion PLC (LON: JD ), which rose 4.01% or 3.78 points to trade at 97.94 at the close. Meanwhile, Intermediate Capital Group PLC (LON: ICGIN ) added 3.80% or 78.00 points to end at 2,132.00 and Antofagasta PLC (LON: ANTO ) was up 3.24% or 51.50 points to 1,642.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were WPP PLC (LON: WPP ), which fell 2.90% or 23.60 points to trade at 790.40 at the close. Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON: RR ) declined 2.56% or 15.00 points to end at 570.00 and Unilever PLC (LON: ULVR ) was down 2.48% or 113.00 points to 4,448.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1002 to 707 and 682 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.15% or 3.94 to $2,650.76 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.16% or 0.12 to hit $74.08 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.20% or 0.15 to trade at $76.66 a barrel.

GBP/USD was up 0.72% to 1.25, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.60% at 108.15.