Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.91%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Brembo (MI:BRBI), which rose 0.68% or 0.45 points to trade at 66.45 at the close. Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) added 0.58% or 0.09 points to end at 15.50 and Recordati (MI:RECI) was up 0.48% or 0.15 points to 31.28 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI), which lost 3.01% or 0.078 points to trade at 2.514 in late trade. Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) declined 2.56% or 0.118 points to end at 4.488 and UBI Banca (MI:UBI) shed 2.45% or 0.0820 points to 3.2700.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 210 to 132 and 15 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 2.17% or 1.05 to $47.35 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.67% or 0.86 to hit $50.49 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 1.45 to trade at $1204.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.0638, while EUR/GBP rose 0.34% to 0.8748.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 101.38.