Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banco Bpm SpA (BIT:BAMI), which rose 5.48% or 0.36 points to trade at 7.01 at the close. STMicroelectronics (BIT:STMMI) added 4.55% or 1.07 points to end at 24.48 and ERG (BIT:ERG) was up 3.33% or 0.66 points to 20.46 in late trade.
Biggest losers included UniCredit SpA (BIT:CRDI), which lost 4.77% or 1.82 points to trade at 36.28 in late trade. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (BIT:BMPS) declined 2.23% or 0.13 points to end at 5.80 and Leonardo SpA (BIT:LDOF) shed 2.00% or 0.51 points to 25.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 319 to 251 and 33 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 2.67% or 1.90 to $69.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 2.43% or 1.81 to hit $72.82 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 2.85% or 78.10 to trade at $2,659.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.58% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.29% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 107.01.