Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Chemicals and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Telecom Italia (BIT:TLIT), which rose 3.92% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.24 at the close. Meanwhile, Brunello Cucinelli (BIT:BCU) added 2.57% or 2.20 points to end at 87.70 and Stellantis NV (BIT:STLAM) was up 2.55% or 0.37 points to 14.73 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Leonardo SpA (BIT:LDOF), which fell 0.80% or 0.18 points to trade at 22.44 at the close. Recordati (BIT:RECI) declined 0.40% or 0.20 points to end at 50.40 and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (BIT:BMPS) was down 0.23% or 0.01 points to 5.24.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 314 to 158 and 37 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.89% or 1.43 to $74.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.88% or 1.50 to hit $78.18 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 4.95 to trade at $2,542.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.39% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 101.80.