Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Financials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Moncler SpA (MI:MONC), which rose 2.47% or 0.59 points to trade at 24.46 at the close. Meanwhile, Mediaset (MI:MS) added 1.78% or 0.056 points to end at 3.200 and Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) was up 1.73% or 0.0620 points to 3.6460 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI), which fell 2.19% or 0.068 points to trade at 3.044 at the close. Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII) declined 2.14% or 0.098 points to end at 4.472 and Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (MI:UNPI) was down 2.01% or 0.078 points to 3.802.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 226 to 142 and 18 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.90% or 1.44 to $51.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.95% or 1.09 to hit $56.88 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.66% or 8.53 to trade at $1293.53 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.52% to 1.1801, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.8932.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 93.08.