Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.45% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Italgas SpA (MI:IG), which rose 3.22% or 0.14 points to trade at 4.61 at the close. Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) added 2.75% or 0.130 points to end at 4.860 and Atlantia (MI:ATL) was up 2.48% or 0.60 points to 24.81 in late trade.
Biggest losers included FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK), which lost 1.56% or 0.10 points to trade at 6.62 in late trade. Banca Generali (MI:BGN) declined 1.17% or 0.33 points to end at 27.85 and Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (MI:UNPI) shed 1.00% or 0.042 points to 4.178.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 194 to 149 and 24 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.76% or 1.32 to $49.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 2.54% or 1.29 to hit $52.13 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 3.90 to trade at $1231.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.37% to 1.0972, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.8500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 98.81.