Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrials , Utilities and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.56%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Moncler SpA (BIT: MONC ), which rose 3.15% or 1.58 points to trade at 51.76 at the close. Meanwhile, Tenaris SA (BIT: TENR ) added 2.24% or 0.41 points to end at 18.45 and Banco Bpm SpA (BIT: BAMI ) was up 2.24% or 0.17 points to 7.68 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Leonardo SpA (BIT: LDOF ), which fell 4.77% or 1.26 points to trade at 25.15 at the close. Prysmian SpA (BIT: PRY ) declined 4.19% or 2.70 points to end at 61.80 and Iveco Group NV (BIT: IVG ) was down 3.26% or 0.32 points to 9.63.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 289 to 267 and 42 ended unchanged.

Shares in Banco Bpm SpA (BIT: BAMI ) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.24% or 0.17 to 7.68.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.88% or 1.26 to $68.46 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.62% or 1.15 to hit $72.27 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.11% or 29.41 to trade at $2,689.01 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.24% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 105.67.