It closed up 18.68 factors, or 0.25%, at 7,496.87.
The extra subdued day comes as buyers are set to be watching key international financial information being launched by way of the week.
The US will see the most recent Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation information for August on Wednesday, an necessary dataset to affect the trail for rates of interest on the planet’s greatest economic system.
Other European markets have been firmly within the inexperienced on Monday, with Germany’s Dax closing 0.39% greater and France’s Cac 40 up 0.52%.
Across the pond, the US’s S&P 500 was up 0.34% and the Dow Jones was flat by the point European markets closed.
Chris Beauchamp, chief market analyst at on-line buying and selling platform IG, mentioned: “Today’s generally quiet session means that attention is focusing squarely on the US CPI data and the ECB decision due this week, and with the risk that both could deliver nasty surprises, risk appetite has been limited.”
The pound was up from the three-month lows hit final week, shifting 0.5% greater in opposition to the US greenback to 1.2526. Sterling was up 0.1% in opposition to the euro to 1.166.
The worth of Brent crude oil was down 0.23% to 90.44 US {dollars} per barrel.
In firm news, the proprietor of Wagamama mentioned it was going to provide away Frankie and Benny’s to Bella Italia proprietor Big Table Group.
The Restaurant Group mentioned it will pay Big Table £7.5 million for the chain to take over its leisure enterprise, which primarily consists of the Italian-American restaurant chain’s 75 websites.
Activist buyers have been pushing the corporate to do away with the arm for months, and shares closed up 3.4% after the announcement.
Elsewhere, Vistry happy buyers because it mentioned it will refocus on the inexpensive properties a part of its enterprise which has greater returns than the remainder of the corporate.
The firm will merge its housebuilding division with the partnership unit which works with native authorities authorities and housing associations.
It will even result in cuts within the variety of regional companies that the corporate runs, and £25 million in price financial savings.
Investors reacted with glee, sending shares hovering 13.9%, regardless of a fall in half-year earnings.
The greatest risers on the FTSE 100 have been Fresnillo, up 25.6p to 580p, Rio Tinto, up 179.5p to five,014p, Antofagasta, up 46.5p to 1513p, Smurfit Kappa, up 76p to three,074p, and Anglo American, up 51p to 2,074p.
The greatest fallers on the FTSE 100 have been Melrose Industries, down 26.8p to 484p, AstraZeneca, down 340p to 10,506p, Endeavour Mining, down 33p to 1,521p, Ocado, down 16p to 810.8p, and Croda International, down 92p to five,148p.
