Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 2.32% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were A2A (MI:A2), which rose 1.79% or 0.023 points to trade at 1.310 at the close. UBI Banca (MI:UBI) added 0.86% or 0.0500 points to end at 5.8800 and Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) was down 0.18% or 0.06 points to 33.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which lost 5.05% or 0.6300 points to trade at 11.8500 in late trade. Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) declined 4.55% or 0.74 points to end at 15.52 and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) shed 4.15% or 0.0500 points to 1.1540.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 363 to 74 and 2 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.11% or 0.75 to $36.37 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.52% or 0.20 to hit $38.52 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 1.15% or 12.40 to trade at $1063.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.25% to 1.1020, while EUR/GBP rose 0.73% to 0.7278.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 97.52.