Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Chemicals, Travel & Leisure and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 1.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Tenaris (MI:TENR), which rose 3.03% or 0.40 points to trade at 13.59 at the close. Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) added 0.70% or 0.021 points to end at 3.037 and Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) was up 0.56% or 0.04 points to 6.24 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ferrari NV (MI:RACE), which lost 2.19% or 2.30 points to trade at 102.70 in late trade. CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) declined 2.15% or 0.250 points to end at 11.375 and Mediaset (MI:MS) shed 2.03% or 0.066 points to 3.179.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 237 to 111 and 24 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.28% or 0.79 to $62.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.02% or 0.66 to hit $65.50 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.41% or 5.60 to trade at $1350.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.2405, while EUR/GBP rose 0.33% to 0.8858.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 89.12.