Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Chemicals and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Saipem (MI:SPMI), which rose 7.62% or 0.0362 points to trade at 0.5115 at the close. Meanwhile, Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) added 4.29% or 0.0340 points to end at 0.8265 and Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) was up 3.45% or 0.75 points to 22.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which fell 9.87% or 2.0400 points to trade at 18.6200 at the close. FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK) declined 3.17% or 0.17 points to end at 5.34 and Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) was down 3.06% or 0.152 points to 4.812.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 190 to 156 and 8 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.42% or 0.22 to $53.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.07% or 0.04 to hit $55.17 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.39% or 4.40 to trade at $1141.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.0441, while EUR/GBP rose 0.55% to 0.8412.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 102.76.