Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Travel & Leisure, Technology and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Popolare di Milano Scarl (MI:PMII), which rose 2.97% or 0.0205 points to trade at 0.7105 at the close. Meanwhile, Tenaris (MI:TENR) added 2.25% or 0.2400 points to end at 10.9100 and Anima Holding SpA (MI:ANIM) was up 1.39% or 0.09 points to 6.58 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER), which fell 3.38% or 0.77 points to trade at 22.04 at the close. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) declined 2.34% or 0.0145 points to end at 0.6045 and Mediobanca (MI:MDBI) was down 1.85% or 0.125 points to 6.650.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 237 to 178 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.24% or 0.10 to $41.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.48% or 0.20 to hit $41.74 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 0.27% or 3.40 to trade at $1247.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.23% to 1.1216, while EUR/GBP rose 0.89% to 0.7894.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.28% at 95.67.