Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 3.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII), which rose 10.14% or 0.469 points to trade at 5.095 at the close. Banco Popolare (MI:BAPO) added 8.05% or 0.6000 points to end at 8.0500 and UBI Banca (MI:UBI) was up 7.96% or 0.2620 points to 3.5540 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Italcementi (MI:ITAI), which added 0.39% or 0.040 points to trade at 10.240 in late trade. Atlantia (MI:ATL) added 0.87% or 0.20 points to end at 23.06 and Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) gained 1.09% or 0.15 points to 13.94.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 374 to 46 and 13 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 5.89% or 1.87 to $33.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 5.36% or 1.77 to hit $34.78 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 1.67% or 20.50 to trade at $1210.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 1.02% to 1.1018, while EUR/GBP rose 0.79% to 0.7788.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.86% at 97.45.