Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemicals, Travel & Leisure and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI), which rose 2.05% or 0.240 points to trade at 11.920 at the close. Meanwhile, Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) added 1.90% or 0.0140 points to end at 0.7525 and Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) was up 1.89% or 0.050 points to 2.690 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER), which fell 1.23% or 0.28 points to trade at 22.44 at the close. Terna (MI:TRN) declined 0.80% or 0.040 points to end at 4.954 and Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) was down 0.63% or 0.04 points to 6.32.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 221 to 138 and 30 ended unchanged.
Shares in CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) rose to all time highs; up 2.05% or 0.240 to 11.920.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.05% or 0.03 to $61.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $67.58 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 4.40 to trade at $1317.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.44% to 1.1976, while EUR/GBP fell 0.40% to 0.8826.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 92.03.