Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Travel & Leisure, Financials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.22% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Exor NV (MI:EXOR), which rose 1.90% or 0.93 points to trade at 49.91 at the close. Meanwhile, Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) added 1.81% or 0.086 points to end at 4.838 and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) was up 1.78% or 0.175 points to 10.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI), which fell 1.97% or 0.27 points to trade at 13.41 at the close. UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) declined 1.83% or 0.3200 points to end at 17.2000 and FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK) was down 1.64% or 0.12 points to 7.18.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 199 to 146 and 18 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.73% or 0.77 to $45.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.64% or 0.77 to hit $47.65 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 2.46 to trade at $1215.66 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.38% to 1.1442, while EUR/GBP rose 0.68% to 0.8910.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 95.64.