Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Travel & Leisure and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which rose 5.28% or 0.1820 points to trade at 3.6280 at the close. Recordati (MI:RECI) added 1.59% or 0.61 points to end at 39.07 and Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) was up 1.18% or 0.27 points to 23.17 in late trade.
Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which lost 3.91% or 0.640 points to trade at 15.740 in late trade. Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) declined 2.40% or 0.080 points to end at 3.258 and Banca Popolare dell’Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) shed 2.22% or 0.106 points to 4.678.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 189 to 177 and 17 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.27% or 1.15 to $51.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.66% or 1.50 to hit $57.92 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.08% or 14.03 to trade at $1311.53 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.94% to 1.1845, while EUR/GBP fell 0.46% to 0.8807.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 92.46.