Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Financials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the FTSE MIB fell 1.15%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE MIB were Mediolanum (MILAN:MED), which rose 2.59% or 0.205 points to trade at 8.120 at the close. Meanwhile, Prysmian (MILAN:PRY) added 1.21% or 0.23 points to end at 19.20 and Buzzi Unicem (MILAN:BZU) was up 1.03% or 0.15 points to 14.74 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics (MILAN:STM), which fell 3.74% or 0.330 points to trade at 8.500 at the close. UBI Banca (MILAN:UBI) declined 3.21% or 0.240 points to end at 7.230 and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MILAN:FCHA) was down 3.07% or 0.470 points to 14.840.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 299 to 180 and 2 ended unchanged.
Shares in Buzzi Unicem (MILAN:BZU) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.03% or 0.15 to 14.74.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.33% or 0.19 to $57.18 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.29% or 0.18 to hit $65.02 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.81% or 9.80 to trade at $1213.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.67% to 1.0963, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.7161.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.61% at 96.31.