Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms, Technology and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were ENI (MI:ENI), which rose 3.72% or 0.53 points to trade at 14.78 at the close. Meanwhile, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) added 3.69% or 0.7200 points to end at 20.2200 and Saipem (MI:SPMI) was up 2.92% or 0.0127 points to 0.4478 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unicredit (MI:CRDI), which fell 3.04% or 0.0760 points to trade at 2.4240 at the close. Italgas SpA (MI:IG) declined 2.61% or 0.09 points to end at 3.43 and Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) was down 2.31% or 0.52 points to 22.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 170 to 155 and 24 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 3.24% or 1.67 to $53.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 3.15% or 1.71 to hit $56.04 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.43% or 4.95 to trade at $1166.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.78% to 1.0638, while EUR/GBP fell 0.27% to 0.8378.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.60% at 100.99.