Italy shares higher at close of trade; Investing.com Italy 40 up 0.71%

Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Travel&Leisure, Financials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.71%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were DiaSorin SpA (BIT:DIAS), which rose 2.50% or 2.55 points to trade at 104.55 at the close. Banca Popolare di Sondrio ScpA (BIT:BPSI) added 2.11% or 0.15 points to end at 7.01 and Banco Bpm SpA (BIT:BAMI) was up 1.71% or 0.10 points to 6.19 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Iveco Group NV (BIT:IVG), which lost 2.74% or 0.28 points to trade at 9.76 in late trade. Eni SpA (BIT:ENI) declined 1.62% or 0.23 points to end at 14.19 and Telecom Italia (BIT:TLIT) 0.46% or 0.00 points to 0.24.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 272 to 228 and 50 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 5.67% or 4.07 to $67.71 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 5.59% or 4.23 to hit $71.40 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.25 to trade at $2,754.35 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.22% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.17% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 104.13.