Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Travel & Leisure, Chemicals and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Tenaris (MI:TENR), which rose 2.76% or 0.35 points to trade at 13.02 at the close. Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) added 2.51% or 0.0840 points to end at 3.4300 and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) was up 2.01% or 0.300 points to 15.190 in late trade.
Biggest losers included FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK), which lost 2.07% or 0.18 points to trade at 8.52 in late trade. UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) declined 2.06% or 0.3700 points to end at 17.5900 and Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) shed 1.68% or 0.048 points to 2.806.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 195 to 165 and 22 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.92% or 0.53 to $57.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.96% or 1.24 to hit $64.64 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1248.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.23% to 1.1801, while EUR/GBP rose 0.46% to 0.8832.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 93.74.