Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities, Industrials and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.90%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which rose 8.24% or 0.0495 points to trade at 0.6500 at the close. Meanwhile, Anima Holding SpA (MI:ANIM) added 5.76% or 0.34 points to end at 6.24 and Unipol (MI:UNPI) was up 5.36% or 0.192 points to 3.776 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unicredit (MI:CRDI), which fell 3.43% or 0.1180 points to trade at 3.3180 at the close. STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) declined 1.75% or 0.090 points to end at 5.040 and Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) was down 1.68% or 0.0150 points to 0.8800.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 233 to 157 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.77% or 0.32 to $41.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.16% or 0.07 to hit $43.17 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.11% or 1.40 to trade at $1233.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.27% to 1.1315, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.7927.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.23% at 94.46.