Italian equities closed slightly in positive territory on Monday, with buyers clustered in industrial, energy and financial names that offset weakness elsewhere.
At the end of trading in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 was up 0.02%.
Among individual components, Leonardo SpA (BIT:LDOF) led gains, rising 3.62% - adding 1.96 points to finish at 56.04. Fincantieri SpA (BIT:FCT) advanced 3.40%, up 0.55 points to 16.75, and Tenaris SA (BIT:TENR) rose 2.91%, gaining 0.59 points to close at 20.89.
On the downside, payment processor Nexi SpA (BIT:NEXII) was the weakest large-cap, falling 3.50% - down 0.11 points to 3.09 at the close. Specialty healthcare name DiaSorin SpA (BIT:DIAS) slid 2.98%, losing 2.20 points to end at 71.74, while STMicroelectronics (BIT:STMMI) declined 2.04%, down 0.58 points to 27.86.
Market breadth on the Milan exchange was mixed. Rising issues outnumbered decliners by 331 to 319, and 51 stocks finished unchanged.
Two notable price milestones were recorded during the session. Shares of Nexi fell to all-time lows, finishing at 3.09 after a 3.50% decline. Tenaris reached a five-year high, closing at 20.89 following a 2.91% gain.
Commodities and currencies moved modestly. Crude oil for April delivery increased 1.07% - up 0.67 to $63.42 a barrel. Brent for April delivery rose 0.99% - up 0.67 to $68.42 a barrel. In metals, the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.66% - down 33.36 to trade at $5,012.94 a troy ounce.
On the foreign-exchange front, EUR/USD was effectively unchanged at 1.19 - recorded as a 0.13% move in the session data - while EUR/GBP was listed as unchanged at 0.87, a 0.03% move. The US Dollar Index Futures advanced 0.17%, trading at 96.99.
For investors and market observers, the session illustrated a narrow leadership where a handful of industrial and oil-and-gas names provided most of the upside, while select financials and technology-related stocks weighed on the index. Breadth metrics suggest the market lacked broad-based momentum despite the headline uptick.
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