Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 2.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which rose 22.18% or 0.0468 points to trade at 0.2578 at the close. Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) added 6.77% or 3.12 points to end at 49.20 and Intesa Sanpaolo (MI:ISP) was up 5.88% or 0.118 points to 2.124 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Snam (MI:SRG), which lost 13.02% or 0.590 points to trade at 3.940 in late trade. Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) declined 1.81% or 0.27 points to end at 14.64 and Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) shed 0.27% or 0.0020 points to 0.7480.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 307 to 88 and 38 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.54% or 0.24 to $44.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $45.60 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.86% or 24.20 to trade at $1280.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.97% to 1.1032, while EUR/GBP rose 0.04% to 0.8906.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.95% at 97.86.