Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Travel & Leisure and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banco Popolare (MI:BAPO), which rose 5.92% or 0.4050 points to trade at 7.2500 at the close. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) added 3.95% or 0.0235 points to end at 0.6190 and Exor (MI:EXOR) was up 3.77% or 1.16 points to 31.91 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saipem (MI:SPMI), which lost 3.40% or 0.0129 points to trade at 0.3665 in late trade. STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) declined 2.70% or 0.138 points to end at 4.982 and Generali (MI:GASI) shed 1.17% or 0.1600 points to 13.4900.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 217 to 195 and 22 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.61% or 0.25 to $41.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.34% or 0.14 to hit $41.34 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.84% or 10.50 to trade at $1243.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.20% to 1.1246, while EUR/GBP rose 0.35% to 0.7815.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.28% at 95.34.