Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Financials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.51% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT), which rose 4.01% or 0.0212 points to trade at 0.5498 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Bpm SpA (MI:BAMI) added 3.60% or 0.080 points to end at 2.300 and Mediaset SpA (MI:MS) was up 2.90% or 0.074 points to 2.625 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which fell 2.17% or 0.345 points to trade at 15.550 at the close. Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) declined 1.40% or 1.60 points to end at 112.95 and Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF) was down 0.83% or 0.085 points to 10.175.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 220 to 132 and 34 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.52% or 0.36 to $68.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.29% or 0.23 to hit $77.86 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.53% or 6.40 to trade at $1207.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.58% to 1.1690, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8888.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 94.06.