Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Utilities and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which rose 4.32% or 0.730 points to trade at 17.610 at the close. Italgas SpA (MI:IG) added 2.15% or 0.104 points to end at 4.934 and Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) was up 1.63% or 0.38 points to 23.68 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which lost 2.58% or 0.0860 points to trade at 3.2520 in late trade. Mediaset (MI:MS) declined 1.43% or 0.044 points to end at 3.026 and A2A (MI:A2) shed 0.97% or 0.014 points to 1.436.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 198 to 161 and 17 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.06% or 0.03 to $51.87 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.52% or 0.30 to hit $57.45 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 2.55 to trade at $1283.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.1755, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.8907.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 93.72.