Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Financials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.23% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Generali (MI:GASI), which rose 2.37% or 0.27 points to trade at 11.64 at the close. Leonardo Finmeccanica SpA (MI:LDOF) added 2.33% or 0.240 points to end at 10.530 and Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) was up 2.30% or 0.0165 points to 0.7325 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banca Popolare Milano (MI:PMII), which lost 3.02% or 0.0128 points to trade at 0.4113 in late trade. Campari (MI:CPRI) declined 2.32% or 0.23 points to end at 9.47 and Recordati (MI:RECI) shed 2.11% or 0.58 points to 26.95.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 204 to 192 and 29 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.29% or 0.65 to $49.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.17% or 0.61 to hit $51.34 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.09% or 1.15 to trade at $1256.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.0996, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.9022.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.18% at 97.90.