Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 1.75% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Terna (MI:TRN), which rose 1.07% or 0.042 points to trade at 3.974 at the close. Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) added 0.23% or 0.06 points to end at 25.87 and Atlantia (MI:ATL) was down 0.10% or 0.02 points to 19.68 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which lost 13.65% or 2.7300 points to trade at 17.2700 in late trade. Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) declined 6.58% or 0.250 points to end at 3.550 and Banco Popolare (MI:BAPO) shed 5.05% or 0.095 points to 1.786.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 334 to 72 and 15 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.39% or 1.10 to $47.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 2.14% or 1.03 to hit $49.27 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.77% or 9.10 to trade at $1187.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.0581, while EUR/GBP rose 0.46% to 0.8529.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 101.48.