Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which rose 0.68% or 0.035 points to trade at 5.170 at the close. Banca Mediolanum SpA (MI:BMED) added 0.48% or 0.035 points to end at 7.350 and Banco Popolare (MI:BAPO) was up 0.23% or 0.0100 points to 4.3300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA (MI:US), which lost 8.22% or 0.152 points to trade at 1.698 in late trade. Intesa Sanpaolo (MI:ISP) declined 6.14% or 0.1420 points to end at 2.1720 and Snam (MI:SRG) shed 5.27% or 0.274 points to 4.926.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 258 to 149 and 16 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.24% or 0.60 to $47.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.44% or 0.70 to hit $48.02 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.31% or 3.90 to trade at $1249.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.1206, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.7744.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 95.34.