Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Chemicals and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the FTSE MIB rose 1.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE MIB were Banca Monte Paschi Siena (MILAN:BMPS), which rose 1.08% or 0.0065 points to trade at 0.6105 at the close. Banco Popolare (MILAN:BAPO) added 0.73% or 0.1050 points to end at 14.4950 and Banca Popolare Milano (MILAN:PMII) was up 1.01% or 0.0095 points to 0.9525 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saipem (MILAN:SPMI), which unchanged 0.03% or 0.00 points to trade at 9.49 in late trade. ENI (MILAN:ENI) added 0.81% or 0.13 points to end at 16.17 and CNH Industrial NV (MILAN:CNHI) gained 1.20% or 0.090 points to 7.565.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 369 to 103 and 3 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.08% or 0.53 to $48.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.50% or 0.84 to hit $55.56 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.33% or 16.00 to trade at $1184.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.61% to 1.0824, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.7308.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.66% at 98.26.