Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 2.02%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII), which rose 6.46% or 0.282 points to trade at 4.648 at the close. Meanwhile, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) added 6.07% or 0.560 points to end at 9.790 and Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (MI:UNPI) was up 5.31% or 0.204 points to 4.044 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Recordati (MI:RECI), which fell 2.03% or 0.72 points to trade at 34.80 at the close. Mediaset (MI:MS) declined 0.64% or 0.022 points to end at 3.420 and Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI) was down 0.47% or 0.06 points to 12.75.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 212 to 143 and 11 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.61% or 0.74 to $46.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.35% or 0.66 to hit $49.43 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.53% or 18.97 to trade at $1223.33 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.58% to 1.1360, while EUR/GBP rose 0.02% to 0.8772.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.59% at 95.95.