Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities, Industrials and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.90%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which rose 8.24% or 0.0495 points to trade at 0.6500 at the close. Anima Holding SpA (MI:ANIM) added 5.76% or 0.34 points to end at 6.24 and Unipol (MI:UNPI) was up 5.36% or 0.192 points to 3.776 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unicredit (MI:CRDI), which lost 3.43% or 0.1180 points to trade at 3.3180 in late trade. STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) declined 1.75% or 0.090 points to end at 5.040 and Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) shed 1.68% or 0.0150 points to 0.8800.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 233 to 157 and 23 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.77% or 0.32 to $41.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.16% or 0.07 to hit $43.17 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.11% or 1.40 to trade at $1233.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.27% to 1.1315, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.7927.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 94.47.