Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities, Financials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the FTSE MIB added 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE MIB were UBI Banca (MILAN:UBI), which rose 2.37% or 0.170 points to trade at 7.345 at the close. Azimut Holding (MILAN:AZMT) added 1.92% or 0.42 points to end at 22.35 and Tod'S (MILAN:TOD) was up 1.69% or 1.50 points to 90.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CNH Industrial NV (MILAN:CNHI), which lost 1.00% or 0.080 points to trade at 7.915 in late trade. Yoox (MILAN:YOOX) declined 0.77% or 0.22 points to end at 28.53 and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MILAN:FCHA) shed 0.64% or 0.090 points to 13.900.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 265 to 173 and 4 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.53% or 0.23 to $42.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.32% or 0.15 to hit $49.03 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.49% or 5.50 to trade at $1118.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.1081, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.7105.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 96.79.