Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.91%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Brembo (MI:BRBI), which rose 0.68% or 0.45 points to trade at 66.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) added 0.58% or 0.09 points to end at 15.50 and Recordati (MI:RECI) was up 0.48% or 0.15 points to 31.28 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI), which fell 3.01% or 0.078 points to trade at 2.514 at the close. Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) declined 2.56% or 0.118 points to end at 4.488 and UBI Banca (MI:UBI) was down 2.45% or 0.0820 points to 3.2700.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 210 to 132 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in Brembo (MI:BRBI) rose to all time highs; up 0.68% or 0.45 to 66.45. Shares in Recordati (MI:RECI) rose to all time highs; gaining 0.48% or 0.15 to 31.28.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 2.17% or 1.05 to $47.35 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.66% or 0.85 to hit $50.50 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 1.45 to trade at $1204.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.0638, while EUR/GBP rose 0.34% to 0.8748.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 101.38.