Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Technology and Oil&Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 1.03% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which rose 2.11% or 0.406 points to trade at 19.680 at the close. Meanwhile, Mediobanca (MI:MDBI) added 2.02% or 0.205 points to end at 10.375 and UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA (MI:US) was up 1.88% or 0.040 points to 2.173 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Luxottica Group (MI:LUX), which fell 2.17% or 1.14 points to trade at 51.40 at the close. Italgas SpA (MI:IG) declined 1.58% or 0.082 points to end at 5.092 and Prysmian (MI:PRY) was down 0.93% or 0.23 points to 24.57.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 206 to 132 and 27 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mediobanca (MI:MDBI) rose to 5-year highs; rising 2.02% or 0.205 to 10.375.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.25% or 0.17 to $68.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.28% or 0.21 to hit $74.27 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.97% or 13.00 to trade at $1325.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.60% to 1.2214, while EUR/GBP fell 0.22% to 0.8757.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.62% at 90.64.
