Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Chemicals and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.53% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Moncler SpA (MI:MONC), which rose 2.72% or 1.01 points to trade at 38.08 at the close. Meanwhile, Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) added 2.40% or 0.34 points to end at 14.29 and Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (MI:UNPI) was up 2.27% or 0.076 points to 3.426 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI), which fell 3.01% or 0.070 points to trade at 2.243 at the close. Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) declined 2.89% or 0.1010 points to end at 3.3920 and Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF) was down 2.66% or 0.271 points to 9.904.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 259 to 88 and 38 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 2.62% or 1.77 to $65.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 2.14% or 1.56 to hit $71.25 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.37% or 16.70 to trade at $1202.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.20% to 1.1388, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8932.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 96.28.