Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Chemicals and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU), which rose 4.46% or 0.65 points to trade at 15.22 at the close. Meanwhile, Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) added 2.71% or 0.58 points to end at 22.02 and Prysmian (MI:PRY) was up 1.87% or 0.36 points to 19.61 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saipem (MI:SPMI), which fell 5.25% or 0.0183 points to trade at 0.3300 at the close. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) declined 4.78% or 0.0270 points to end at 0.5380 and Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) was down 4.13% or 0.188 points to 4.366.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 225 to 180 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 2.46% or 0.97 to $38.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 2.06% or 0.84 to hit $40.03 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.37% or 16.70 to trade at $1238.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.52% to 1.1255, while EUR/GBP fell 0.23% to 0.7837.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.56% at 95.45.