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| Italy stocks higher at close of trade |
Italy stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities, Industrials and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares higher. At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.90%. The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA, which rose 8.24% or 0.0495 points to trade at 0.6500 at the close. Meanwhile, Anima Holding SpA added 5.76% or 0.34 points to end at 6.24 and Unipol was up 5.36% or 0.192 points to 3.776 in late trade. The worst performers of the session were Unicredit, which fell 3.43% or 0.1180 points to trade at 3.3180 at the close. STMicroelectronics declined 1.75% or 0.090 points to end at 5.040 and Telecom Italia was down 1.68% or 0.0150 points to 0.8800. Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 233 to 157 and 23 ended unchanged. Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.77% or 0.32 to $41.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.16% or 0.07 to hit $43.17 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.11% or 1.40 to trade at $1233.20 a troy ounce. EUR/USD was up 0.27% to 1.1315, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.7927. The US Dollar Index was down 0.23% at 94.46.
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