Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Financials and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Generali (MI:BGN), which rose 1.49% or 0.37 points to trade at 25.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) added 1.45% or 0.31 points to end at 21.69 and FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK) was up 1.27% or 0.08 points to 6.38 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mediobanca (MI:MDBI), which fell 2.05% or 0.170 points to trade at 8.140 at the close. CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) declined 1.75% or 0.165 points to end at 9.290 and Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF) was down 1.62% or 0.220 points to 13.320.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 185 to 166 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) rose to all time highs; rising 1.45% or 0.31 to 21.69.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.19% or 0.62 to $52.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.92% or 0.51 to hit $55.75 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 0.85 to trade at $1256.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.0601, while EUR/GBP fell 0.33% to 0.8537.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 100.92.