Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemicals, Healthcare and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which rose 3.21% or 0.440 points to trade at 14.150 at the close. Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) added 2.84% or 0.21 points to end at 7.79 and Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) was up 2.36% or 0.88 points to 38.18 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Atlantia (MI:ATL), which lost 4.68% or 0.91 points to trade at 18.43 in late trade. Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) declined 2.70% or 0.1190 points to end at 4.2870 and A2A (MI:A2) shed 1.91% or 0.030 points to 1.563.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 180 to 162 and 34 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.37% or 0.24 to $65.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.71% or 0.51 to hit $72.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.99% or 11.70 to trade at $1195.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.1460, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8965.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 95.85.