Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure, Utilities and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 1.25%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which rose 4.69% or 0.1560 points to trade at 3.4820 at the close. Meanwhile, Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF) added 2.98% or 0.295 points to end at 10.210 and CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) was up 2.81% or 0.310 points to 11.340 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mediaset (MI:MS), which fell 2.38% or 0.078 points to trade at 3.206 at the close. Pirelli & C SPA (MI:PIRC) declined 0.91% or 0.07 points to end at 7.08 and Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) was down 0.71% or 0.018 points to 2.502.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 255 to 116 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) rose to all time highs; up 2.81% or 0.310 to 11.340.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.21% or 0.12 to $57.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.35% or 0.22 to hit $63.45 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.67% or 8.40 to trade at $1265.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.47% to 1.1804, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8812.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 93.09.