Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Healthcare and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which rose 3.02% or 0.410 points to trade at 13.980 at the close. Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) added 2.52% or 0.15 points to end at 6.30 and Prysmian (MI:PRY) was up 2.14% or 0.55 points to 26.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST), which lost 6.79% or 0.440 points to trade at 6.040 in late trade. Terna (MI:TRN) declined 1.76% or 0.090 points to end at 5.020 and Banca Generali (MI:BGN) shed 0.70% or 0.19 points to 26.91.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 220 to 137 and 11 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.85% or 0.38 to $44.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.74% or 0.35 to hit $47.02 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.53% or 6.71 to trade at $1249.79 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.30% to 1.1163, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8761.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 97.13.