Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemicals, Healthcare and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.47% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which rose 2.81% or 0.1750 points to trade at 6.3950 at the close. Meanwhile, A2A (MI:A2) added 2.48% or 0.031 points to end at 1.281 and Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST) was up 2.15% or 0.1450 points to 6.8850 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Leonardo Finmeccanica SpA (MI:LDOF), which fell 1.56% or 0.170 points to trade at 10.760 at the close. UBI Banca (MI:UBI) declined 0.63% or 0.0220 points to end at 3.4560 and Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) was down 0.57% or 0.0050 points to 0.8650.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 277 to 121 and 14 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.59% or 0.29 to $49.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.72% or 0.36 to hit $50.31 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.76% or 9.20 to trade at $1207.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.1138, while EUR/GBP rose 0.09% to 0.7609.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 95.72.