Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemicals, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banco Popolare Sc (MI:BAPO), which rose 5.05% or 0.1120 points to trade at 2.3280 at the close. Meanwhile, Unipol (MI:UNPI) added 4.44% or 0.108 points to end at 2.540 and UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA (MI:US) was up 3.84% or 0.056 points to 1.516 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which fell 4.67% or 0.0119 points to trade at 0.2430 at the close. Campari (MI:CPRI) declined 1.87% or 0.18 points to end at 9.46 and Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) was down 1.84% or 0.066 points to 3.520.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 232 to 137 and 42 ended unchanged.
Shares in Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) fell to all time lows; down 4.67% or 0.0119 to 0.2430.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 2.89% or 1.21 to $43.01 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 2.51% or 1.11 to hit $45.38 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.11% or 1.45 to trade at $1342.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.1076, while EUR/GBP rose 0.12% to 0.8494.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 96.38.