Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Utilities and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Moncler SpA (MI:MONC), which rose 3.23% or 0.83 points to trade at 26.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Snam (MI:SRG) added 1.94% or 0.069 points to end at 3.634 and Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) was up 1.90% or 0.39 points to 20.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI), which fell 2.59% or 0.1060 points to trade at 3.9890 at the close. Recordati (MI:RECI) declined 2.20% or 0.68 points to end at 30.19 and Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII) was down 1.79% or 0.084 points to 4.608.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 215 to 146 and 25 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.79% or 0.47 to $59.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.46% or 0.29 to hit $63.08 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.77% or 10.10 to trade at $1325.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.14% to 1.2267, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8881.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 90.18.