Italy stocks higher at close of trade; Investing.com Italy 40 up 0.17%

Italy stocks higher at close of trade; Investing.com Italy 40 up 0.17%

May 21, 2018

Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Travel&Leisure, Technology and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.17%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which rose 2.61% or 0.484 points to trade at 19.034 at the close. Meanwhile, Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) added 2.16% or 0.0830 points to end at 3.9200 and CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) was up 1.67% or 0.180 points to 10.975 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Intesa Sanpaolo (MI:ISP), which fell 7.33% or 0.220 points to trade at 2.780 at the close. UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA (MI:US) declined 6.76% or 0.142 points to end at 1.960 and Banca Generali (MI:BGN) was down 5.16% or 1.28 points to 23.52.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 187 to 161 and 27 ended unchanged.

Shares in Banca Generali (MI:BGN) fell to 52-week lows; losing 5.16% or 1.28 to 23.52.

Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.84% or 0.60 to $71.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.39% or 0.31 to hit $78.82 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.23% or 3.00 to trade at $1288.30 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1769, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.8777.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 93.61.

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