Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Travel & Leisure and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banco Popolare Sc (MI:BAPO), which rose 5.92% or 0.4050 points to trade at 7.2500 at the close. Meanwhile, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) added 3.95% or 0.0235 points to end at 0.6190 and Exor (MI:EXOR) was up 3.77% or 1.16 points to 31.91 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saipem (MI:SPMI), which fell 3.40% or 0.0129 points to trade at 0.3665 at the close. STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) declined 2.70% or 0.138 points to end at 4.982 and Generali (MI:GASI) was down 1.17% or 0.1600 points to 13.4900.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 217 to 195 and 22 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.61% or 0.25 to $41.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.34% or 0.14 to hit $41.34 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.83% or 10.40 to trade at $1243.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.20% to 1.1246, while EUR/GBP rose 0.35% to 0.7815.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.28% at 95.34.