Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemicals, Technology and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.07% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI), which rose 1.59% or 0.0610 points to trade at 3.8930 at the close. Meanwhile, Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF) added 1.56% or 0.146 points to end at 9.530 and Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (MI:UNPI) was up 1.18% or 0.050 points to 4.295 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Moncler SpA (MI:MONC), which fell 1.12% or 0.38 points to trade at 33.66 at the close. Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) declined 1.00% or 0.19 points to end at 19.37 and Snam (MI:SRG) was down 0.84% or 0.032 points to 3.799.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 167 to 165 and 39 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.19% or 0.80 to $66.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.10% or 0.80 to hit $71.78 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 3.70 to trade at $1351.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.37% to 1.2376, while EUR/GBP fell 0.30% to 0.8636.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 89.18.