Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Travel & Leisure and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which rose 3.89% or 0.425 points to trade at 11.340 at the close. Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) added 3.83% or 0.38 points to end at 10.38 and Amplifon (MI:AMPF) was up 3.06% or 0.440 points to 14.840 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Recordati (MI:RECI), which lost 1.23% or 0.37 points to trade at 29.75 in late trade. Pirelli & C SPA (MI:PIRC) declined 0.95% or 0.05 points to end at 5.64 and Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) shed 0.90% or 0.07 points to 7.75.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 204 to 152 and 29 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.73% or 1.31 to $49.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.05% or 1.17 to hit $58.23 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.30 to trade at $1289.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.62% to 1.1464, while EUR/GBP rose 0.35% to 0.8980.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 95.308.