Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Financials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT), which rose 4.20% or 0.55 points to trade at 13.65 at the close. Banca Popolare Milano (MI:PMII) added 3.22% or 0.0115 points to end at 0.3687 and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) was up 1.24% or 0.070 points to 5.720 in late trade.
Biggest losers included A2A (MI:A2), which lost 4.14% or 0.052 points to trade at 1.205 in late trade. Luxottica Group (MI:LUX) declined 3.10% or 1.32 points to end at 41.20 and Intesa Sanpaolo (MI:ISP) shed 2.33% or 0.046 points to 1.928.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 164 to 154 and 22 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.54% or 0.26 to $48.50 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.80% or 0.40 to hit $50.59 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.29% or 3.85 to trade at $1313.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.1213, while EUR/GBP rose 0.82% to 0.8731.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 95.64.