Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 1.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST), which rose 4.61% or 0.280 points to trade at 6.350 at the close. Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) added 0.79% or 0.22 points to end at 28.04 and Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) was up 0.78% or 0.15 points to 19.26 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI), which lost 4.15% or 0.104 points to trade at 2.402 in late trade. Prysmian (MI:PRY) declined 2.75% or 0.66 points to end at 23.34 and Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) shed 2.72% or 0.128 points to 4.572.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 201 to 151 and 15 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.54% or 0.29 to $53.04 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.21% or 0.12 to hit $55.78 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.45 to trade at $1226.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.36% to 1.0583, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8646.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 101.66.