Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrials, Telecoms and Healthcare 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 STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which rose 0.73% or 0.135 points to trade at 18.625 at the close. UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA (MI:US) added 0.49% or 0.010 points to end at 2.040 and Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI) was up 0.39% or 0.05 points to 12.71 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF), which lost 4.56% or 0.438 points to trade at 9.162 in late trade. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) declined 3.63% or 0.682 points to end at 18.110 and CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) shed 3.61% or 0.440 points to 11.740.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 313 to 53 and 18 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.90% or 0.59 to $64.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.71% or 0.49 to hit $68.09 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1337.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.38% to 1.2409, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.8859.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 89.39.