Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Travel & Leisure and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 1.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which rose 5.23% or 0.1800 points to trade at 3.6200 at the close. Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST) added 1.75% or 0.110 points to end at 6.410 and Generali (MI:GASI) was up 1.07% or 0.15 points to 14.22 in late trade.
Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which lost 9.19% or 1.410 points to trade at 13.930 in late trade. Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) declined 3.86% or 3.15 points to end at 78.55 and Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF) shed 2.93% or 0.470 points to 15.570.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 259 to 102 and 8 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.81% or 0.37 to $46.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.56% or 0.27 to hit $48.42 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 3.14 to trade at $1268.26 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.1200, while EUR/GBP rose 0.85% to 0.8853.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 97.24.