Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Financials and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Juventus Football Club (MI:JUVE), which rose 2.45% or 0.0310 points to trade at 1.2940 at the close. UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA (MI:US) added 1.03% or 0.022 points to end at 2.158 and Amplifon (MI:AMPF) was up 0.89% or 0.140 points to 15.910 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII), which lost 3.85% or 0.126 points to trade at 3.144 in late trade. Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) declined 2.66% or 0.81 points to end at 29.67 and Banco Bpm SpA (MI:BAMI) shed 2.39% or 0.047 points to 1.926.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 241 to 124 and 17 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.83% or 0.43 to $51.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.11% or 0.67 to hit $59.81 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 1.95 to trade at $1291.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.1475, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.8905.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 95.143.