Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Industrials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Pirelli & C SPA (MI:PIRC), which rose 2.96% or 0.19 points to trade at 6.54 at the close. Meanwhile, Recordati (MI:RECI) added 2.08% or 0.63 points to end at 30.93 and Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) was up 2.02% or 0.0102 points to 0.5154 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which fell 3.22% or 0.458 points to trade at 13.752 at the close. Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST) declined 2.21% or 0.140 points to end at 6.188 and A2A (MI:A2) was down 1.94% or 0.028 points to 1.417.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 199 to 152 and 22 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.10% or 0.74 to $66.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.62% or 1.25 to hit $76.09 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.61% or 7.50 to trade at $1225.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1365, while EUR/GBP rose 0.44% to 0.8929.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 96.62.