Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Industrials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 1.56%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banco Popolare Sc (MI:BAPO), which rose 10.30% or 0.5010 points to trade at 5.3650 at the close. Meanwhile, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) added 9.78% or 0.0460 points to end at 0.5165 and UBI Banca (MI:UBI) was up 7.00% or 0.2140 points to 3.2700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Campari (MI:CPRI), which fell 1.60% or 0.14 points to trade at 8.61 at the close. UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA (MI:US) declined 1.54% or 0.031 points to end at 1.985 and Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) was down 0.54% or 0.11 points to 20.24.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 292 to 114 and 13 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.61% or 0.64 to $40.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.88% or 0.79 to hit $42.73 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.25% or 15.60 to trade at $1259.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.1416, while EUR/GBP fell 0.76% to 0.8017.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 93.93.