Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms, Financials and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.84% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Finmeccanica (MI:SIFI), which rose 2.99% or 0.330 points to trade at 11.360 at the close. Mediaset (MI:MS) added 2.29% or 0.082 points to end at 3.660 and STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) was up 2.12% or 0.102 points to 4.906 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Popolare (MI:BAPO), which lost 7.37% or 0.4250 points to trade at 5.3400 in late trade. Saipem (MI:SPMI) declined 4.39% or 0.0151 points to end at 0.3290 and Banca Popolare Milano (MI:PMII) shed 4.06% or 0.0245 points to 0.5790.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 227 to 176 and 12 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.20% or 0.44 to $36.35 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.29% or 0.50 to hit $38.17 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.48% or 5.90 to trade at $1217.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.1394, while EUR/GBP fell 0.34% to 0.7981.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 94.52.