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

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

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

The best performers 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. Meanwhile, 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.

The worst performers of the session were Moncler SpA (BIT:MONC ), which fell 1.19% or 0.58 points to trade at 48.21 at the close. Brunello Cucinelli (BIT:BCU ) declined 0.27% or 0.25 points to end at 91.05 and ERG (BIT:ERG ) was down 0.10% or 0.02 points to 20.18.

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

Shares in Leonardo SpA (BIT:LDOF ) rose to 5-year highs; rising 4.33% or 1.07 to 25.78.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.91% or 2.05 to $68.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.61% or 1.93 to hit $71.94 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 2.73% or 73.70 to trade at $2,621.10 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.

Source: Investing.com