Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Travel & Leisure and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 2.67% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Moncler SpA (MI:MONC), which rose 3.51% or 0.44 points to trade at 12.98 at the close. STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) added 1.72% or 0.090 points to end at 5.335 and Luxottica Group (MI:LUX) was up 0.62% or 0.35 points to 56.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which lost 14.76% or 0.1325 points to trade at 0.7655 in late trade. Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:BPEm) declined 8.41% or 0.520 points to end at 5.665 and UBI Banca (MI:UBI) shed 7.28% or 0.3860 points to 4.9140.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 369 to 65 and 3 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.18% or 0.36 to $30.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.74% or 0.21 to hit $28.73 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.15% or 1.60 to trade at $1089.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.23% to 1.0891, while EUR/GBP fell 0.35% to 0.7632.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 99.16.