Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Italgas SpA (MI:IG), which rose 1.72% or 0.086 points to trade at 5.090 at the close. Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) added 1.56% or 0.044 points to end at 2.905 and Atlantia (MI:ATL) was up 1.56% or 0.41 points to 26.67 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU), which lost 2.33% or 0.46 points to trade at 19.10 in late trade. Prysmian (MI:PRY) declined 2.27% or 0.56 points to end at 24.16 and Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) shed 1.88% or 0.0590 points to 3.0810.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 178 to 166 and 35 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.05% or 1.27 to $63.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 2.00% or 1.34 to hit $68.45 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 1.50 to trade at $1337.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.33% to 1.2322, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.8715.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 89.56.