Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms, Utilities and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA (MI:US), which rose 1.14% or 0.026 points to trade at 2.310 at the close. Meanwhile, Unipol (MI:UNPI) added 0.64% or 0.030 points to end at 4.704 and Mediobanca (MI:MDBI) was up 0.46% or 0.040 points to 8.775 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Moncler SpA (MI:MONC), which fell 4.04% or 0.53 points to trade at 12.58 at the close. A2A (MI:A2) declined 2.52% or 0.032 points to end at 1.240 and Luxottica Group (MI:LUX) was down 2.03% or 1.20 points to 57.85.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 245 to 183 and 3 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.22% or 0.44 to $35.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.78% or 0.66 to hit $36.23 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 1.34% or 14.30 to trade at $1079.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.52% to 1.0923, while EUR/GBP rose 0.60% to 0.7338.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.32% at 98.42.