Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Utilities and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.62% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Italgas SpA (MI:IG), which rose 3.36% or 0.15 points to trade at 4.56 at the close. Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) added 3.32% or 2.50 points to end at 77.90 and Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) was up 2.68% or 0.55 points to 21.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP), which lost 3.26% or 0.85 points to trade at 25.20 in late trade. Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) declined 1.80% or 0.0145 points to end at 0.7910 and Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) shed 0.92% or 0.0380 points to 4.0800.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 229 to 123 and 17 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.57% or 0.25 to $44.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.51% or 0.24 to hit $46.95 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 1.96 to trade at $1211.66 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1395, while EUR/GBP rose 0.10% to 0.8853.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 95.84.