Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Italgas SpA (MI:IG), which rose 1.73% or 0.082 points to trade at 4.810 at the close. Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) added 1.52% or 0.11 points to end at 7.37 and Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST) was up 1.45% or 0.110 points to 7.682 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which lost 4.27% or 0.1780 points to trade at 3.9910 in late trade. Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) declined 1.51% or 1.85 points to end at 120.60 and ENI (MI:ENI) shed 1.39% or 0.23 points to 16.05.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 180 to 171 and 32 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 4.06% or 2.84 to $67.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 4.34% or 3.27 to hit $72.06 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 2.40 to trade at $1238.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1695, while EUR/GBP rose 0.20% to 0.8847.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 94.39.