Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Telecoms and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.85% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which rose 28.28% or 0.0765 points to trade at 0.3470 at the close. Meanwhile, Unicredit (MI:CRDI) added 4.04% or 0.0920 points to end at 2.3720 and Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) was up 3.42% or 0.144 points to 4.356 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Campari (MI:CPRI), which fell 2.21% or 0.21 points to trade at 9.31 at the close. Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) declined 1.56% or 0.35 points to end at 22.13 and A2A (MI:A2) was down 1.35% or 0.017 points to 1.239.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 248 to 168 and 25 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.05% or 1.04 to $49.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 2.05% or 1.06 to hit $50.72 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.34% or 4.25 to trade at $1263.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.01% to 1.0881, while EUR/GBP rose 0.41% to 0.8921.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 98.77.