Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.45% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT), which rose 12.76% or 2.13 points to trade at 18.82 at the close. Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) added 2.42% or 0.0980 points to end at 4.1520 and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) was up 2.14% or 0.410 points to 19.540 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Recordati (MI:RECI), which lost 1.24% or 0.48 points to trade at 38.12 in late trade. Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) declined 1.16% or 0.28 points to end at 23.82 and CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) shed 1.14% or 0.140 points to 12.170.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 199 to 159 and 28 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.39% or 0.25 to $64.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.19% or 0.13 to hit $70.00 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.46% or 6.10 to trade at $1341.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.56% to 1.2265, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8884.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 90.20.