Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 2.59%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which rose 22.18% or 0.0468 points to trade at 0.2578 at the close. Meanwhile, Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) added 6.77% or 3.12 points to end at 49.20 and Intesa Sanpaolo (MI:ISP) was up 5.88% or 0.118 points to 2.124 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Snam (MI:SRG), which fell 13.02% or 0.590 points to trade at 3.940 at the close. Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) declined 1.81% or 0.27 points to end at 14.64 and Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) was down 0.27% or 0.0020 points to 0.7480.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 307 to 88 and 38 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) rose to all time highs; gaining 6.77% or 3.12 to 49.20.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.54% or 0.24 to $44.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $45.60 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.85% or 24.15 to trade at $1280.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.96% to 1.1033, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8908.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.95% at 97.86.