Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Chemicals, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.97%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Luxottica Group (MI:LUX), which rose 3.76% or 1.79 points to trade at 49.36 at the close. Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) added 2.97% or 0.42 points to end at 14.58 and Exor (MI:EXOR) was up 1.86% or 0.61 points to 33.41 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Popolare (MI:BAPO), which lost 7.30% or 0.4500 points to trade at 5.7150 in late trade. Banca Popolare Milano (MI:PMII) declined 6.04% or 0.0400 points to end at 0.6220 and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) shed 5.52% or 0.0390 points to 0.6675.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 249 to 146 and 18 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.57% or 1.18 to $44.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 3.00% or 1.42 to hit $45.95 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.26% or 3.30 to trade at $1293.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.51% to 1.1512, while EUR/GBP rose 0.13% to 0.7853.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.35% at 92.69.