Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Travel & Leisure, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 1.33% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Tenaris (MI:TENR), which rose 0.26% or 0.04 points to trade at 13.65 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) added 0.05% or 0.010 points to end at 18.605 and Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) was down 0.03% or 0.01 points to 37.76 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banca Generali (MI:BGN), which fell 3.23% or 0.88 points to trade at 26.38 at the close. Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) declined 3.18% or 0.63 points to end at 19.35 and Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) was down 3.06% or 0.088 points to 2.803.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 235 to 109 and 27 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.53% or 0.35 to $65.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.36% or 0.25 to hit $69.56 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.39% or 5.30 to trade at $1355.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.77% to 1.2447, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8747.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 88.64.