Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Financials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 1.45% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (BIT:BMPS), which rose 3.54% or 0.17 points to trade at 5.09 at the close. Bper Banca SpA (BIT:EMII) added 3.38% or 0.18 points to end at 5.45 and UniCredit SpA (BIT:CRDI) was up 3.03% or 1.13 points to 38.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Telecom Italia (BIT:TLIT), which lost 4.79% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.23 in late trade. Eni SpA (BIT:ENI) declined 0.06% or 0.01 points to end at 14.07 and Inwit (BIT:INWT) gained 0.20% or 0.02 points to 10.24.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 304 to 179 and 52 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.53% or 0.42 to $78.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.52% or 0.43 to hit $82.20 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.37% or 8.80 to trade at $2,390.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.04% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.03% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 104.11.