Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Utilities and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Salvatore Ferragamo (MILAN:SFER), which rose 4.04% or 0.91 points to trade at 23.42 at the close. Meanwhile, Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MILAN:EMII) added 2.51% or 0.190 points to end at 7.770 and Yoox (MILAN:YOOX) was up 2.30% or 0.63 points to 28.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Atlantia (MILAN:ATL), which fell 1.04% or 0.25 points to trade at 23.77 at the close. Finmeccanica (MILAN:SIFI) declined 0.59% or 0.070 points to end at 11.710 and Buzzi Unicem (MILAN:BZU) was down 0.33% or 0.05 points to 14.94.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 244 to 174 and 4 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 3.50% or 1.61 to $44.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 3.66% or 1.81 to hit $47.80 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.25% or 2.80 to trade at $1118.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.14% to 1.1166, while EUR/GBP fell 0.59% to 0.7305.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 96.16.