Italy stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Travel&Leisure and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Italy 40 rose 2.40%.
The best performers of the session on the Italy 40 were Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF), which rose 7.17% or 0.698 points to trade at 10.430 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Bpm SpA (MI:BAMI) added 4.85% or 0.103 points to end at 2.238 and Mediaset SpA (MI:MS) was up 4.79% or 0.118 points to 2.583 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tenaris (MI:TENR), which fell 0.96% or 0.13 points to trade at 13.43 at the close. Atlantia (MI:ATL) declined 0.65% or 0.12 points to end at 17.66 and Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) was down 0.64% or 0.70 points to 109.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 266 to 105 and 18 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.24% or 0.16 to $67.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.47% or 0.36 to hit $77.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.80 to trade at $1201.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.42% to 1.1601, while EUR/GBP fell 0.42% to 0.8906.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 95.09.
