Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Travel & Leisure and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which rose 1.61% or 0.0720 points to trade at 4.5420 at the close. Meanwhile, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) added 1.44% or 0.208 points to end at 14.648 and Intesa Sanpaolo (MI:ISP) was up 0.82% or 0.021 points to 2.530 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which fell 2.74% or 0.525 points to trade at 18.660 at the close. Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) declined 2.55% or 0.97 points to end at 37.07 and Atlantia (MI:ATL) was down 1.66% or 0.43 points to 25.45.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 181 to 167 and 34 ended unchanged.
Shares in Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.61% or 0.0720 to 4.5420.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 2.04% or 1.40 to $70.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.07% or 0.80 to hit $75.56 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 1.80 to trade at $1221.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.47% to 1.1713, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.8918.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 94.09.