Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.11% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Juventus Football Club (MI:JUVE), which rose 5.32% or 0.0750 points to trade at 1.4840 at the close. Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF) added 2.41% or 0.190 points to end at 8.084 and Recordati (MI:RECI) was up 2.30% or 0.71 points to 31.62 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT), which lost 2.62% or 0.0128 points to trade at 0.4757 in late trade. Salvatore Ferragamo SpA (MI:SFER) declined 2.31% or 0.41 points to end at 17.57 and Enel (MI:ENEI) shed 2.30% or 0.122 points to 5.186.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 192 to 174 and 28 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.02% or 0.01 to $54.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.16% or 0.10 to hit $62.80 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 3.15 to trade at $1279.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.1369, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8814.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 95.985.