Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Monday, as in the sectors propelled shares .
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 unchanged 0.00% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banco Popolare (MI:BAPO), which rose 4.80% or 0.110 points to trade at 2.400 at the close. Banca Popolare Milano (MI:PMII) added 2.54% or 0.0100 points to end at 0.4036 and Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) was up 1.53% or 0.23 points to 15.28 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU), which lost 2.17% or 0.42 points to trade at 18.93 in late trade. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) declined 1.04% or 0.0025 points to end at 0.2388 and Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) shed 0.99% or 0.28 points to 28.07.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 218 to 178 and 26 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.38% or 1.05 to $45.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.69% or 0.79 to hit $47.62 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.21% or 2.85 to trade at $1330.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1151, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8374.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 95.73.