Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms, Utilities and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which rose 4.58% or 0.330 points to trade at 7.535 at the close. Meanwhile, Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) added 4.42% or 0.88 points to end at 20.79 and Saipem (MI:SPMI) was up 3.89% or 0.0165 points to 0.4408 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banca Popolare di Milano Scarl (MI:PMII), which fell 7.91% or 0.0249 points to trade at 0.2900 at the close. Banco Popolare Sc (MI:BAPO) declined 7.44% or 0.148 points to end at 1.840 and Mediobanca (MI:MDBI) was down 4.24% or 0.285 points to 6.440.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 249 to 152 and 29 ended unchanged.
Shares in Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) rose to 5-year highs; rising 4.42% or 0.88 to 20.79.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.54% or 0.28 to $51.96 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.97% or 0.53 to hit $54.99 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.67% or 7.85 to trade at $1169.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.72% to 1.0740, while EUR/GBP rose 0.88% to 0.8456.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.42% at 100.33.