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

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 1.07%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Leonardo SpA (BIT: LDOF ), which rose 16.13% or 6.22 points to trade at 44.78 at the close. Meanwhile, Iveco Group NV (BIT: IVG ) added 6.15% or 0.93 points to end at 16.05 and UniCredit SpA (BIT: CRDI ) was up 2.69% or 1.36 points to 51.97 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Amplifon (BIT: AMPF ), which fell 2.46% or 0.60 points to trade at 23.79 at the close. Saipem SpA (BIT: SPMI ) declined 2.18% or 0.05 points to end at 2.15 and Prysmian SpA (BIT: PRY ) was down 1.51% or 0.86 points to 56.18.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 326 to 238 and 43 ended unchanged.

Shares in Leonardo SpA (BIT: LDOF ) rose to all time highs; gaining 16.13% or 6.22 to 44.78. Shares in Iveco Group NV (BIT: IVG ) rose to all time highs; up 6.15% or 0.93 to 16.05. Shares in UniCredit SpA (BIT: CRDI ) rose to 5-year highs; rising 2.69% or 1.36 to 51.97.

Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.34% or 0.24 to $69.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.16% or 0.12 to hit $72.69 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.92% or 54.61 to trade at $2,903.11 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was up 1.16% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.12% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.03% at 106.45.