Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the FTSE Italia All Share Financials, FTSE Italia Technology and FTSE Italia All Share Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 1.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Leonardo SpA (BIT:LDOF), which rose 2.88% or 0.61 points to trade at 21.79 at the close. Banca Popolare di Sondrio ScpA (BIT:BPSI) added 2.76% or 0.18 points to end at 6.70 and Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (BIT:UNPI) was up 2.63% or 0.24 points to 9.16 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ERG (BIT:ERG), which fell 4.84% or 1.20 points to trade at 23.60 in late trade. Nexi SpA (BIT:NEXII) declined 1.63% or 0.09 points to end at 5.57 and Recordati (BIT:RECI) down 1.41% or 0.68 points to 47.42.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 271 to 203 and 51 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.11% or 0.87 to $78.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.03% or 0.85 to hit $83.47 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.82% or 19.25 to trade at $2,329.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.21% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.14% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 105.09.