Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 1.48%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banco Popolare Sc (MI:BAPO), which rose 6.31% or 0.140 points to trade at 2.360 at the close. Meanwhile, Banca Popolare di Milano Scarl (MI:PMII) added 5.95% or 0.0234 points to end at 0.4168 and Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) was up 4.27% or 0.62 points to 15.14 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER), which fell 1.46% or 0.33 points to trade at 22.20 at the close. A2A (MI:A2) declined 0.74% or 0.009 points to end at 1.211 and Luxottica Group (MI:LUX) was down 0.73% or 0.30 points to 40.55.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 278 to 118 and 33 ended unchanged.
Shares in Luxottica Group (MI:LUX) fell to 52-week lows; losing 0.73% or 0.30 to 40.55.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.71% or 1.35 to $51.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.21% or 1.15 to hit $53.08 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.71% or 8.85 to trade at $1260.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.46% to 1.1150, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.9007.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.33% at 96.84.