Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Chemicals and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 1.85%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Bper Banca SpA (BIT:EMII), which rose 4.99% or 0.23 points to trade at 4.82 at the close. Meanwhile, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (BIT:BMPS) added 4.01% or 0.18 points to end at 4.62 and Banca Popolare di Sondrio ScpA (BIT:BPSI) was up 3.98% or 0.26 points to 6.93 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hera (BIT:HRA), which fell 0.61% or 0.02 points to trade at 3.24 at the close. STMicroelectronics (BIT:STMMI) declined 0.41% or 0.16 points to end at 37.78 and Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:CPRI) was down 0.40% or 0.04 points to 9.56.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 310 to 185 and 36 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.03% or 0.83 to $81.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.92% or 0.78 to hit $85.11 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.45% or 10.40 to trade at $2,341.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.36% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 105.17.