Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the FTSE MIB added 3.47%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE MIB were Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MILAN:EMII), which rose 7.28% or 0.545 points to trade at 8.030 at the close. Meanwhile, Saipem (MILAN:SPMI) added 6.37% or 0.59 points to end at 9.85 and Banco Popolare Sc (MILAN:BAPO) was up 6.12% or 0.9000 points to 15.6100 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Campari (MILAN:CPRI), which rose 0.14% or 0.01 points to trade at 6.92 at the close. World Duty Free SpA (MILAN:WDF) added 0.20% or 0.020 points to end at 10.090 and Ansaldo STS (MILAN:STS) was up 0.53% or 0.05 points to 9.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 414 to 68 and 3 ended unchanged.
Shares in Banco Popolare Sc (MILAN:BAPO) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 6.12% or 0.9000 to 15.6100.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.78% or 0.47 to $59.50 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.91% or 0.57 to hit $62.45 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.60% or 19.20 to trade at $1182.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.1347, while EUR/GBP rose 0.38% to 0.7175.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 94.49.