Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Chemicals 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 Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI), which rose 7.20% or 0.180 points to trade at 2.680 at the close. Meanwhile, Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) added 5.02% or 0.81 points to end at 16.95 and UBI Banca (MI:UBI) was up 4.38% or 0.1200 points to 2.8600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Luxottica Group (MI:LUX), which fell 2.71% or 1.40 points to trade at 50.35 at the close. Prysmian (MI:PRY) declined 2.44% or 0.61 points to end at 24.35 and STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) was down 2.41% or 0.260 points to 10.550.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 204 to 126 and 25 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 2.33% or 1.25 to $52.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 2.13% or 1.21 to hit $55.61 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.86% or 9.95 to trade at $1161.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.37% to 1.0416, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.8499.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.75% at 103.14.