Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemicals, Financials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 1.55%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Unicredit (MI:CRDI), which rose 4.32% or 0.0850 points to trade at 2.0540 at the close. Meanwhile, Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) added 4.01% or 0.52 points to end at 13.50 and Unipol (MI:UNPI) was up 3.82% or 0.092 points to 2.498 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Popolare Sc (MI:BAPO), which fell 2.24% or 0.048 points to trade at 2.094 at the close. ENI (MI:ENI) declined 1.63% or 0.21 points to end at 12.70 and UBI Banca (MI:UBI) was down 1.20% or 0.0260 points to 2.1460.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 272 to 134 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in UBI Banca (MI:UBI) fell to 3-years lows; down 1.20% or 0.0260 to 2.1460.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.31% or 0.57 to $44.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.25% or 0.57 to hit $46.34 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.55% or 7.15 to trade at $1317.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.1174, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8568.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.33% at 95.74.