Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Chemicals and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.88% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT), which rose 4.74% or 0.0370 points to trade at 0.8170 at the close. Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) added 2.45% or 2.25 points to end at 93.90 and STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) was up 2.24% or 0.360 points to 16.420 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ENI (MI:ENI), which lost 2.53% or 0.35 points to trade at 13.46 in late trade. A2A (MI:A2) declined 1.63% or 0.024 points to end at 1.445 and Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) shed 0.48% or 0.12 points to 24.85.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 245 to 109 and 21 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.50% or 0.25 to $50.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.45% or 0.25 to hit $55.37 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.07% or 14.12 to trade at $1311.08 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.1929, while EUR/GBP rose 0.67% to 0.8850.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 91.90.