Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Travel & Leisure and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.02% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (MI:UNPI), which rose 3.27% or 0.128 points to trade at 4.038 at the close. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) added 1.68% or 0.250 points to end at 15.160 and Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF) was up 1.61% or 0.160 points to 10.080 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI), which lost 1.89% or 0.24 points to trade at 12.43 in late trade. Italgas SpA (MI:IG) declined 1.77% or 0.090 points to end at 5.000 and Banca Generali (MI:BGN) shed 1.62% or 0.45 points to 27.29.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 189 to 171 and 9 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.25% or 0.15 to $60.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.66% or 0.44 to hit $66.43 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 4.00 to trade at $1313.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.42% to 1.2057, while EUR/GBP fell 0.22% to 0.8871.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 91.55.