ROME: Italy equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Telecoms and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics, which rose 2.11% or 0.280 points to trade at 13.580 at the close. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV added 1.41% or 0.150 points to end at 10.790 and Moncler SpA was up 1.24% or 0.22 points to 18.01 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Bpm, which lost 2.44% or 0.062 points to trade at 2.482 in late trade. Poste Italiane SpA declined 1.57% or 0.095 points to end at 5.960 and Generali shed 1.41% or 0.21 points to 14.65.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 188 to 154 and 17 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.35% or 0.19 to $53.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.57% or 0.32 to hit $56.13 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.15 to trade at $1238.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.0621, while EUR/GBP fell 0.43% to 0.8522.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 100.83
