Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Industrials and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 2.22% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI), which rose 6.40% or 0.550 points to trade at 9.150 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Bpm SpA (MI:BAMI) added 6.29% or 0.130 points to end at 2.198 and STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) was up 6.02% or 0.780 points to 13.730 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Atlantia (MI:ATL), which fell 0.94% or 0.17 points to trade at 17.94 at the close. Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) declined 0.03% or 0.0002 points to end at 0.5746 and Snam SpA (MI:SRG) was up 0.10% or 0.004 points to 3.875.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 276 to 93 and 20 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.91% or 1.48 to $52.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 2.59% or 1.54 to hit $61.00 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.01% or 12.40 to trade at $1238.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.33% to 1.1354, while EUR/GBP rose 0.41% to 0.8907.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 96.847.