Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms, Financials and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 1.66%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Saipem (MI:SPMI), which rose 1.60% or 0.0059 points to trade at 0.3744 at the close. Campari (MI:CPRI) added 0.70% or 0.06 points to end at 8.59 and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) was up 0.63% or 0.0450 points to 7.2250 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unicredit (MI:CRDI), which lost 5.30% or 0.1860 points to trade at 3.3260 in late trade. UBI Banca (MI:UBI) declined 5.11% or 0.1940 points to end at 3.6060 and Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) shed 4.42% or 0.0395 points to 0.8550.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 256 to 129 and 18 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.46% or 0.64 to $43.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.78% or 0.35 to hit $44.72 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.98% or 12.05 to trade at $1242.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.45% to 1.1273, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.7776.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.44% at 94.69.