Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Chemicals and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Atlantia (MI:ATL), which rose 2.43% or 0.43 points to trade at 18.34 at the close. STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) added 1.90% or 0.305 points to end at 16.330 and Banca Generali (MI:BGN) was up 1.27% or 0.28 points to 22.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pirelli & C SPA (MI:PIRC), which lost 2.78% or 0.20 points to trade at 6.99 in late trade. Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (MI:UNPI) declined 2.53% or 0.097 points to end at 3.730 and Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) shed 2.48% or 0.0123 points to 0.4830.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 258 to 106 and 23 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.09% or 0.07 to $75.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $85.02 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.50% or 17.90 to trade at $1209.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.1561, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.8900.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 95.03.