Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Chemicals, Financials and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 1.68%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which rose 3.04% or 0.310 points to trade at 10.520 at the close. Meanwhile, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) added 1.41% or 0.140 points to end at 10.040 and Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) was up 0.44% or 0.12 points to 27.21 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unicredit (MI:CRDI), which fell 5.11% or 0.1440 points to trade at 2.6740 at the close. Mediobanca (MI:MDBI) declined 4.52% or 0.370 points to end at 7.820 and UBI Banca (MI:UBI) was down 4.25% or 0.1260 points to 2.8380.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 239 to 107 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.41% or 0.140 to 10.040.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 3.00% or 1.62 to $52.37 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 2.94% or 1.68 to hit $55.42 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.81% or 9.55 to trade at $1182.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.39% to 1.0574, while EUR/GBP rose 1.35% to 0.8691.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.23% at 101.93.