Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 1.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banco Popolare (MI:BAPO), which rose 6.31% or 0.140 points to trade at 2.360 at the close. Banca Popolare Milano (MI:PMII) added 5.95% or 0.0234 points to end at 0.4168 and Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) was up 4.27% or 0.62 points to 15.14 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER), which lost 1.46% or 0.33 points to trade at 22.20 in late trade. A2A (MI:A2) declined 0.74% or 0.009 points to end at 1.211 and Luxottica Group (MI:LUX) shed 0.73% or 0.30 points to 40.55.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 278 to 118 and 33 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.71% or 1.35 to $51.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.21% or 1.15 to hit $53.08 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.71% or 8.85 to trade at $1260.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.46% to 1.1149, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.9007.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.33% at 96.84.