Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemicals, Technology and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.55% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI), which rose 4.33% or 0.1900 points to trade at 4.5760 at the close. STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) added 3.55% or 0.580 points to end at 16.930 and Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) was up 2.62% or 2.45 points to 95.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT), which lost 1.83% or 0.0145 points to trade at 0.7780 in late trade. Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) declined 1.10% or 0.0400 points to end at 3.6080 and Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) shed 0.97% or 0.034 points to 3.474.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 236 to 142 and 13 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 2.17% or 1.12 to $50.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.13% or 0.64 to hit $56.15 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.51% or 6.51 to trade at $1278.29 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.64% to 1.1742, while EUR/GBP rose 0.39% to 0.8853.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 93.42.