Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Chemicals and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.66%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI), which rose 4.50% or 0.1720 points to trade at 3.9960 at the close. Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) added 3.82% or 0.0310 points to end at 0.8435 and Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) was up 2.88% or 0.088 points to 3.146 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Enel (MI:ENEI), which lost 1.02% or 0.050 points to trade at 4.860 in late trade. Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) declined 0.70% or 0.17 points to end at 24.14 and Banca Popolare dell’Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) shed 0.68% or 0.032 points to 4.688.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 194 to 166 and 17 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.03% or 0.47 to $46.24 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.89% or 0.43 to hit $48.49 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.08 to trade at $1254.98 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.1633, while EUR/GBP fell 0.47% to 0.8931.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 93.88.