UK Stock Market Update

U.K. stocks rose after market close on Monday, driven by sector gains in Household Goods & Home Construction, Healthcare Equipment & Services, and Travel & Leisure.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 increased by 0.48%.

Best Performers

• Melrose Industries PLC (LON:MRON): +9.84% (43.60 points) closing at 486.60
• Pearson PLC (LON:PSON): +2.73% (28.50 points) closing at 1,071.50
• EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ): +2.72% (13.80 points) closing at 520.40

Worst Performers

• Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LON:LLOY): -2.67% (1.54 points) closing at 56.12
• Whitbread PLC (LON:WTB): -1.64% (54.00 points) closing at 3,239.00
• Smurfit WestRock PLC (LON:SWR): -1.47% (52.00 points) closing at 3,493.00

Rising stocks on the London Stock Exchange outnumbered declining stocks 977 to 841, with 652 stocks remaining unchanged.

Commodity Markets

• Gold Futures (December delivery): -0.04% (1.05 points) at $2,753.55 a troy ounce
• Crude Oil (December delivery): -5.71% (4.10 points) at $67.68 a barrel
• Brent Oil (January contract): -5.65% (4.27 points) at $71.36 a barrel

Currency Markets

• GBP/USD: unchanged at 1.30
• EUR/GBP: unchanged at 0.83
• US Dollar Index Futures: +0.01% at 104.14