Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Chemicals, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.97%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Luxottica Group (MI:LUX), which rose 3.76% or 1.79 points to trade at 49.36 at the close. Meanwhile, Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) added 2.97% or 0.42 points to end at 14.58 and Exor (MI:EXOR) was up 1.86% or 0.61 points to 33.41 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Popolare Sc (MI:BAPO), which fell 7.30% or 0.4500 points to trade at 5.7150 at the close. Banca Popolare di Milano Scarl (MI:PMII) declined 6.04% or 0.0400 points to end at 0.6220 and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) was down 5.52% or 0.0390 points to 0.6675.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 249 to 146 and 18 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.57% or 1.18 to $44.74 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 3.00% or 1.42 to hit $45.95 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.25% or 3.20 to trade at $1293.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.52% to 1.1513, while EUR/GBP rose 0.13% to 0.7853.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.35% at 92.69.