Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Utilities and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 2.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Intesa Sanpaolo (MI:ISP), which rose 6.64% or 0.161 points to trade at 2.586 at the close. UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) added 6.19% or 0.8420 points to end at 14.4420 and Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) was up 6.15% or 0.141 points to 2.444 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP), which lost 0.16% or 0.06 points to trade at 37.93 in late trade. Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI) added 0.24% or 0.03 points to end at 12.44 and Tenaris (MI:TENR) gained 0.67% or 0.10 points to 15.66.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 292 to 77 and 27 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.52% or 0.34 to $66.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $76.42 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 1.70 to trade at $1304.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.1785, while EUR/GBP rose 0.38% to 0.8811.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 93.58.