Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Ferrari NV (MI:RACE), which rose 2.87% or 1.90 points to trade at 68.00 at the close. Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) added 1.68% or 0.0140 points to end at 0.8480 and Recordati (MI:RECI) was up 1.39% or 0.44 points to 32.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU), which lost 3.27% or 0.77 points to trade at 22.75 in late trade. STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) declined 2.91% or 0.430 points to end at 14.360 and CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) shed 2.73% or 0.245 points to 8.740.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 180 to 168 and 16 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.75% or 0.36 to $47.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.22% or 0.11 to hit $50.81 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.50% or 6.25 to trade at $1254.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.69% to 1.0873, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8651.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 98.94.