Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemicals, Financials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 1.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Unicredit (MI:CRDI), which rose 4.32% or 0.0850 points to trade at 2.0540 at the close. Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) added 4.01% or 0.52 points to end at 13.50 and Unipol (MI:UNPI) was up 3.82% or 0.092 points to 2.498 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Popolare (MI:BAPO), which lost 2.24% or 0.048 points to trade at 2.094 in late trade. ENI (MI:ENI) declined 1.63% or 0.21 points to end at 12.70 and UBI Banca (MI:UBI) shed 1.20% or 0.0260 points to 2.1460.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 272 to 134 and 19 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.26% or 0.55 to $44.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.25% or 0.57 to hit $46.34 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.55% or 7.15 to trade at $1317.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.1175, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.8569.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.33% at 95.74.