Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Technology and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Bper Banca SpA (BIT:EMII), which rose 4.21% or 0.21 points to trade at 5.29 at the close. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (BIT:BMPS) added 2.89% or 0.14 points to end at 4.98 and Banca Popolare di Sondrio ScpA (BIT:BPSI) was up 2.47% or 0.17 points to 7.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saipem SpA (BIT:SPMI), which lost 2.37% or 0.06 points to trade at 2.27 in late trade. Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:CPRI) declined 2.35% or 0.21 points to end at 8.64 and ERG (BIT:ERG) shed 2.33% or 0.56 points to 23.52.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 255 to 253 and 40 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.96% or 0.80 to $82.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.86% or 0.74 to hit $85.80 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.60% or 38.30 to trade at $2,359.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.03% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.07% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 104.62.