Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Utilities and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Popolare di Milano Scarl (MI:PMII), which rose 2.20% or 0.0081 points to trade at 0.3768 at the close. Meanwhile, Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) added 2.05% or 0.57 points to end at 28.34 and Exor (MI:EXOR) was up 2.04% or 0.73 points to 36.49 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which fell 1.36% or 0.0025 points to trade at 0.1808 at the close. Snam (MI:SRG) declined 1.10% or 0.054 points to end at 4.842 and Unicredit (MI:CRDI) was down 1.08% or 0.0220 points to 2.0100.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 243 to 160 and 30 ended unchanged.
Shares in Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) fell to all time lows; falling 1.36% or 0.0025 to 0.1808.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.33% or 0.16 to $48.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.65% or 0.33 to hit $51.22 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 2.72% or 35.75 to trade at $1276.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.18% to 1.1191, while EUR/GBP rose 0.62% to 0.8788.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.52% at 96.15.