Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms, Financials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 2.37%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which rose 10.24% or 0.0590 points to trade at 0.6350 at the close. Meanwhile, Campari (MI:CPRI) added 5.03% or 0.40 points to end at 8.35 and Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) was up 3.00% or 0.45 points to 15.46 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were A2A (MI:A2), which fell 2.81% or 0.032 points to trade at 1.108 at the close. Intesa Sanpaolo (MI:ISP) declined 2.05% or 0.0560 points to end at 2.6780 and Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) was down 1.20% or 0.24 points to 19.69.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 285 to 133 and 25 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 3.38% or 1.30 to $37.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.98% or 0.80 to hit $39.59 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 1.20% or 15.10 to trade at $1244.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.48% to 1.1094, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.7750.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.41% at 96.62.