Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure, Technology and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which rose 2.61% or 0.484 points to trade at 19.034 at the close. Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) added 2.16% or 0.0830 points to end at 3.9200 and CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) was up 1.67% or 0.180 points to 10.975 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Intesa Sanpaolo (MI:ISP), which lost 7.33% or 0.220 points to trade at 2.780 in late trade. UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA (MI:US) declined 6.76% or 0.142 points to end at 1.960 and Banca Generali (MI:BGN) shed 5.16% or 1.28 points to 23.52.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 187 to 161 and 27 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.85% or 0.61 to $71.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.42% or 0.33 to hit $78.84 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 2.90 to trade at $1288.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1769, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.8777.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 93.62.