Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Chemicals, Telecoms and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.63%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which rose 3.61% or 0.1730 points to trade at 4.9630 at the close. Meanwhile, Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII) added 1.15% or 0.049 points to end at 4.300 and Tenaris (MI:TENR) was up 1.01% or 0.14 points to 14.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Italgas SpA (MI:IG), which fell 2.45% or 0.120 points to trade at 4.773 at the close. Prysmian (MI:PRY) declined 2.37% or 0.51 points to end at 21.01 and Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (MI:ISP) was down 2.10% or 0.051 points to 2.397.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 227 to 145 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.61% or 0.1730 to 4.9630.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.16% or 1.53 to $72.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.75% or 2.15 to hit $80.39 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 3.90 to trade at $1205.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.1770, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.8969.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 93.69.