Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Healthcare and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which rose 3.02% or 0.410 points to trade at 13.980 at the close. Meanwhile, Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) added 2.52% or 0.15 points to end at 6.30 and Prysmian (MI:PRY) was up 2.14% or 0.55 points to 26.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST), which fell 6.79% or 0.440 points to trade at 6.040 at the close. Terna (MI:TRN) declined 1.76% or 0.090 points to end at 5.020 and Banca Generali (MI:BGN) was down 0.70% or 0.19 points to 26.91.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 220 to 137 and 11 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.78% or 0.35 to $44.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.72% or 0.34 to hit $47.03 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.54% or 6.82 to trade at $1249.68 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.1162, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8761.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 97.14.