Italy stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil&Gas, Industrials and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Italy 40 fell 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the Italy 40 were Italgas SpA (MI:IG), which rose 1.73% or 0.082 points to trade at 4.810 at the close. Meanwhile, Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) added 1.52% or 0.11 points to end at 7.37 and Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST) was up 1.45% or 0.110 points to 7.682 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which fell 4.27% or 0.1780 points to trade at 3.9910 at the close. Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) declined 1.51% or 1.85 points to end at 120.60 and ENI (MI:ENI) was down 1.39% or 0.23 points to 16.05.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 180 to 171 and 32 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 4.02% or 2.81 to $67.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 4.33% or 3.26 to hit $72.07 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 2.60 to trade at $1238.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.1696, while EUR/GBP rose 0.20% to 0.8847.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 94.37.
