Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemicals, Healthcare and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.47% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which rose 2.81% or 0.1750 points to trade at 6.3950 at the close. A2A (MI:A2) added 2.48% or 0.031 points to end at 1.281 and Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST) was up 2.15% or 0.1450 points to 6.8850 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Leonardo Finmeccanica SpA (MI:LDOF), which lost 1.56% or 0.170 points to trade at 10.760 in late trade. UBI Banca (MI:UBI) declined 0.63% or 0.0220 points to end at 3.4560 and Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) shed 0.57% or 0.0050 points to 0.8650.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 277 to 121 and 14 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.59% or 0.29 to $49.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.72% or 0.36 to hit $50.31 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.76% or 9.20 to trade at $1207.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.1138, while EUR/GBP rose 0.09% to 0.7609.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 95.72.