Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Utilities and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 1.13%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Tenaris (MI:TENR), which rose 2.29% or 0.2900 points to trade at 12.9700 at the close. Meanwhile, Saipem (MI:SPMI) added 0.75% or 0.0031 points to end at 0.4145 and Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) was up 0.53% or 0.11 points to 21.03 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP), which fell 4.37% or 1.25 points to trade at 27.37 at the close. Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) declined 3.27% or 0.48 points to end at 14.21 and Exor (MI:EXOR) was down 3.18% or 1.17 points to 35.68.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 273 to 115 and 27 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.42% or 0.65 to $46.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.24% or 0.60 to hit $48.95 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.33% or 4.45 to trade at $1351.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.73% to 1.1265, while EUR/GBP fell 0.37% to 0.8652.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.75% at 94.86.