Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Healthcare and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 3.10%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII), which rose 10.13% or 0.424 points to trade at 4.610 at the close. Meanwhile, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) added 9.21% or 0.0423 points to end at 0.5015 and Unipol (MI:UNPI) was up 7.65% or 0.230 points to 3.236 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Italcementi (MI:ITAI), which rose 0.30% or 0.030 points to trade at 10.010 at the close. Saipem (MI:SPMI) added 0.53% or 0.0016 points to end at 0.3030 and Luxottica Group (MI:LUX) was up 0.89% or 0.45 points to 51.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 388 to 36 and 9 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.82% or 0.24 to $29.68 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.18% or 0.06 to hit $33.30 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 2.45% or 30.40 to trade at $1209.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 1.00% to 1.1143, while EUR/GBP fell 0.52% to 0.7720.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.87% at 96.83.