Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.87%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Italgas SpA (MI:IG), which rose 2.37% or 0.108 points to trade at 4.658 at the close. Meanwhile, Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) added 1.78% or 0.38 points to end at 21.73 and Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST) was up 1.70% or 0.124 points to 7.420 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tenaris (MI:TENR), which fell 1.46% or 0.22 points to trade at 14.84 at the close. Recordati (MI:RECI) declined 1.43% or 0.43 points to end at 29.66 and Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) was down 1.42% or 0.0118 points to 0.8202.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 193 to 152 and 31 ended unchanged.
Shares in Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.70% or 0.124 to 7.420.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.55% or 0.96 to $61.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.31% or 0.86 to hit $64.63 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.37% or 4.90 to trade at $1319.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.2318, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8867.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 90.00.