Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Travel & Leisure and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 1.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Saipem (MI:SPMI), which rose 5.56% or 0.0200 points to trade at 0.3800 at the close. Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) added 5.12% or 1.32 points to end at 27.10 and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) was up 4.27% or 0.2600 points to 6.3450 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which lost 4.41% or 0.0227 points to trade at 0.4918 in late trade. Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) declined 1.86% or 0.0170 points to end at 0.8990 and Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) shed 1.71% or 0.082 points to 4.710.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 226 to 178 and 24 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 2.96% or 0.97 to $33.75 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 3.13% or 1.11 to hit $36.55 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 1.07% or 13.10 to trade at $1233.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.55% to 1.0872, while EUR/GBP fell 0.93% to 0.7809.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 98.31.