U.K. stocks higher at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 up 0.76%

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

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.76%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR), which rose 6.06% or 70.60 points to trade at 1,234.80 at the close. Meanwhile, International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) added 4.23% or 16.70 points to end at 411.40 and BAE Systems PLC (LON:BAES) was up 4.14% or 80.00 points to 2,012.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Experian PLC (LON:EXPN), which fell 6.69% or 208.00 points to trade at 2,900.00 at the close. Autotrader Group PLC (LON:AUTOA) declined 2.62% or 14.20 points to end at 528.00 and The Sage Group plc (LON:SGE) was down 2.49% or 29.50 points to 1,157.50.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1125 to 564 and 548 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.78% or 31.42 to $4,039.32 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.81% or 0.84 to hit $102.43 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.29% or 0.32 to trade at $111.38 a barrel.

GBP/USD was unchanged 0.24% to 1.33, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 101.81.