Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Healthcare and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 1.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (MI:UNPI), which rose 3.20% or 0.117 points to trade at 3.770 at the close. Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) added 2.79% or 0.0144 points to end at 0.5304 and UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA (MI:US) was up 1.82% or 0.037 points to 2.065 in late trade.
Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which lost 6.43% or 0.835 points to trade at 12.155 in late trade. Pirelli & C SPA (MI:PIRC) declined 4.81% or 0.30 points to end at 5.89 and Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) shed 3.38% or 0.57 points to 16.46.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 261 to 89 and 24 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.08% or 0.65 to $60.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.25% or 0.88 to hit $71.06 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 3.00 to trade at $1203.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.80% to 1.1245, while EUR/GBP rose 0.18% to 0.8751.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.63% at 97.34.