Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Telecoms and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.85% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which rose 28.28% or 0.0765 points to trade at 0.3470 at the close. Unicredit (MI:CRDI) added 4.04% or 0.0920 points to end at 2.3720 and Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) was up 3.42% or 0.144 points to 4.356 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Campari (MI:CPRI), which lost 2.21% or 0.21 points to trade at 9.31 in late trade. Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) declined 1.56% or 0.35 points to end at 22.13 and A2A (MI:A2) shed 1.35% or 0.017 points to 1.239.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 248 to 168 and 25 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.06% or 1.05 to $49.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 2.09% or 1.08 to hit $50.70 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.34% or 4.25 to trade at $1263.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.0880, while EUR/GBP rose 0.41% to 0.8921.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 98.77.