Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.93%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Generali (MI:GASI), which rose 3.94% or 0.54 points to trade at 14.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) added 1.65% or 0.155 points to end at 9.555 and Unipol (MI:UNPI) was up 1.59% or 0.056 points to 3.576 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF), which fell 2.92% or 0.380 points to trade at 12.620 at the close. Intesa Sanpaolo (MI:ISP) declined 2.91% or 0.072 points to end at 2.398 and Italgas SpA (MI:IG) was down 2.83% or 0.11 points to 3.71.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 192 to 147 and 16 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.03% or 0.55 to $52.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.61% or 0.34 to hit $55.15 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 1.10% or 13.25 to trade at $1218.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.0741, while EUR/GBP fell 0.55% to 0.8603.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.57% at 100.20.