Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Travel & Leisure and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which rose 5.28% or 0.1820 points to trade at 3.6280 at the close. Meanwhile, Recordati (MI:RECI) added 1.59% or 0.61 points to end at 39.07 and Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) was up 1.18% or 0.27 points to 23.17 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which fell 3.91% or 0.640 points to trade at 15.740 at the close. Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) declined 2.40% or 0.080 points to end at 3.258 and Banca Popolare dell’Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) was down 2.22% or 0.106 points to 4.678.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 189 to 177 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Recordati (MI:RECI) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.59% or 0.61 to 39.07.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.27% or 1.15 to $51.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.64% or 1.49 to hit $57.91 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.08% or 13.96 to trade at $1311.46 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.95% to 1.1844, while EUR/GBP fell 0.45% to 0.8808.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.57% at 92.47.