Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the declined 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the were Telecom Italia (BIT:), which unchanged 2.10% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.24 at the close. Meanwhile, Tenaris SA (BIT:) added 1.26% or 0.16 points to end at 12.85 and ERG (BIT:) was up 1.18% or 0.28 points to 23.92 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Recordati (BIT:), which fell 1.07% or 0.55 points to trade at 51.05 at the close. Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (BIT:) declined 0.90% or 0.09 points to end at 9.34 and Bper Banca SpA (BIT:) was down 0.86% or 0.04 points to 4.95.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 253 to 225 and 44 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.94% or 2.20 to $77.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 2.37% or 1.85 to hit $80.00 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 4.50 to trade at $2,550.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.23% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 100.74.
