Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Telecoms and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banco Popolare Sc (MI:BAPO), which rose 5.99% or 0.5100 points to trade at 9.0300 at the close. Meanwhile, CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) added 2.96% or 0.170 points to end at 5.905 and Mediaset (MI:MS) was up 2.08% or 0.064 points to 3.148 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Luxottica Group (MI:LUX), which fell 5.73% or 3.30 points to trade at 54.25 at the close. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) declined 3.85% or 0.0255 points to end at 0.6375 and Unipol (MI:UNPI) was down 3.67% or 0.138 points to 3.622.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 234 to 188 and 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 6.11% or 2.06 to $31.57 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 4.97% or 1.79 to hit $34.20 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 0.96% or 10.70 to trade at $1127.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.61% to 1.0899, while EUR/GBP fell 0.35% to 0.7578.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.52% at 99.08.