Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Travel & Leisure and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which rose 3.89% or 0.425 points to trade at 11.340 at the close. Meanwhile, Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) added 3.83% or 0.38 points to end at 10.38 and Amplifon (MI:AMPF) was up 3.06% or 0.440 points to 14.840 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Recordati (MI:RECI), which fell 1.23% or 0.37 points to trade at 29.75 at the close. Pirelli & C SPA (MI:PIRC) declined 0.95% or 0.05 points to end at 5.64 and Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) was down 0.90% or 0.07 points to 7.75.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 204 to 152 and 29 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.71% or 1.30 to $49.26 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.05% or 1.17 to hit $58.23 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.30 to trade at $1289.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.62% to 1.1464, while EUR/GBP rose 0.35% to 0.8979.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 95.308.