Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemicals, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banco Popolare (MI:BAPO), which rose 5.05% or 0.1120 points to trade at 2.3280 at the close. Unipol (MI:UNPI) added 4.44% or 0.108 points to end at 2.540 and UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA (MI:US) was up 3.84% or 0.056 points to 1.516 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which lost 4.67% or 0.0119 points to trade at 0.2430 in late trade. Campari (MI:CPRI) declined 1.87% or 0.18 points to end at 9.46 and Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) shed 1.84% or 0.066 points to 3.520.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 232 to 137 and 42 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 2.89% or 1.21 to $43.01 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 2.51% or 1.11 to hit $45.38 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.11% or 1.45 to trade at $1342.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.1076, while EUR/GBP rose 0.13% to 0.8495.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 96.37.