Italy shares higher at close of trade; Investing.com Italy 40 up 1.55%

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

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 1.55%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Leonardo SpA (BIT:LDOF), which rose 4.33% or 1.07 points to trade at 25.78 at the close. Azimut Holding SpA (BIT:AZMT) added 4.10% or 0.92 points to end at 23.36 and Amplifon (BIT:AMPF) was up 3.53% or 0.86 points to 25.23 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Moncler SpA (BIT:MONC), which lost 1.19% or 0.58 points to trade at 48.21 in late trade. Brunello Cucinelli (BIT:BCU) declined 0.27% or 0.25 points to end at 91.05 and ERG (BIT:ERG) shed 0.10% or 0.02 points to 20.18.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 361 to 204 and 43 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.90% or 2.04 to $68.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.60% or 1.92 to hit $71.95 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 2.74% or 73.75 to trade at $2,621.05 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was down 0.60% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.26% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.51% at 105.43.