Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemicals, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.85%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Tenaris (MI:TENR), which rose 3.26% or 0.3800 points to trade at 12.0300 at the close. Meanwhile, Prysmian (MI:PRY) added 2.83% or 0.56 points to end at 20.36 and CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) was up 2.71% or 0.170 points to 6.450 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Moncler SpA (MI:MONC), which fell 2.35% or 0.35 points to trade at 14.52 at the close. Finmeccanica (MI:SIFI) declined 0.96% or 0.130 points to end at 13.430 and Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) was down 0.63% or 0.14 points to 22.11.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 239 to 186 and 6 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.91% or 0.38 to $42.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.67% or 0.74 to hit $45.41 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.70% or 7.50 to trade at $1068.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.0617, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.7018.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 99.89.