Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.93%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Generali (MI:GASI), which rose 3.94% or 0.54 points to trade at 14.25 at the close. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) added 1.65% or 0.155 points to end at 9.555 and Unipol (MI:UNPI) was up 1.59% or 0.056 points to 3.576 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF), which lost 2.92% or 0.380 points to trade at 12.620 in late trade. Intesa Sanpaolo (MI:ISP) declined 2.91% or 0.072 points to end at 2.398 and Italgas SpA (MI:IG) shed 2.83% or 0.11 points to 3.71.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 192 to 147 and 16 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.00% or 0.53 to $52.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.61% or 0.34 to hit $55.15 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 1.10% or 13.25 to trade at $1218.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.0741, while EUR/GBP fell 0.55% to 0.8603.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.57% at 100.20.