Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Utilities and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which rose 4.32% or 0.730 points to trade at 17.610 at the close. Meanwhile, Italgas SpA (MI:IG) added 2.15% or 0.104 points to end at 4.934 and Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) was up 1.63% or 0.38 points to 23.68 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which fell 2.58% or 0.0860 points to trade at 3.2520 at the close. Mediaset (MI:MS) declined 1.43% or 0.044 points to end at 3.026 and A2A (MI:A2) was down 0.97% or 0.014 points to 1.436.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 198 to 161 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 4.32% or 0.730 to 17.610. Shares in Italgas SpA (MI:IG) rose to all time highs; rising 2.15% or 0.104 to 4.934.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.06% or 0.03 to $51.87 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.52% or 0.30 to hit $57.45 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 2.62 to trade at $1283.12 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.1755, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.8907.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 93.72.