U.K. stocks finished up Monday, with the FTSE 100 Index
UKX,
rising 1.67% at 7,513.44.
Among FTSE 100 constituents, air freight company Royal Mail PLC
RMG,
saw the largest increase Monday, as shares rallied 5.26%.
Shares of investment advisors firm M&G PLC
MNG,
and investment advisors company Intermediate Capital Group PLC
ICP,
rallied 4.79% and 4.73%, respectively.
Aviva PLC
AV,
a full-line insurance company, and wireless telecommunications services firm Vodafone Group PLC
VOD,
rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks rallied 4.15% and 4.13%, respectively.
Intertek Group PLC
ITRK,
a technical services company, saw the largest drop among FTSE 100 constituents, as shares fell 3.94% on Monday.
Shares of industrial/office reits firm SEGRO PLC
SGRO,
and aerospace products/parts company Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC
RR,
fell 1.03% and 0.20%, respectively.
United Utilities Group PLC
UU,
a water utilities company, and containers/packaging company Smurfit Kappa Group PLC
SKG,
rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks dropped 0.04% and 0.03%, respectively.
The pound was up 0.63% against dollar
GBPUSD,
at $1.2572 and was down 0.39% against the euro
UK:GBPEUR
at €1.1781.
Brent crude
US:BRN00
rallied 0.4% to $113.02, and the yield on the 10-year gilt
TMBMKGB-10Y,
declined 3.991 basis points to 1.970%.
Editor’s Note: This story was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones and FactSet. See our market data terms of use.
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