Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemicals, Travel & Leisure and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI), which rose 2.05% or 0.240 points to trade at 11.920 at the close. Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) added 1.90% or 0.0140 points to end at 0.7525 and Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) was up 1.89% or 0.050 points to 2.690 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER), which lost 1.23% or 0.28 points to trade at 22.44 in late trade. Terna (MI:TRN) declined 0.80% or 0.040 points to end at 4.954 and Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) shed 0.63% or 0.04 points to 6.32.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 221 to 138 and 30 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.05% or 0.03 to $61.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $67.58 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 4.40 to trade at $1317.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.44% to 1.1976, while EUR/GBP fell 0.38% to 0.8827.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 92.03.