Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Utilities and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 2.79%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Intesa Sanpaolo (MI:ISP), which rose 6.64% or 0.161 points to trade at 2.586 at the close. Meanwhile, UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) added 6.19% or 0.8420 points to end at 14.4420 and Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) was up 6.15% or 0.141 points to 2.444 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP), which fell 0.16% or 0.06 points to trade at 37.93 at the close. Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI) added 0.24% or 0.03 points to end at 12.44 and Tenaris (MI:TENR) was up 0.67% or 0.10 points to 15.66.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 292 to 77 and 27 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.52% or 0.34 to $66.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $76.42 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 1.80 to trade at $1304.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.14% to 1.1786, while EUR/GBP rose 0.38% to 0.8811.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 93.57.