Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Technology and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI), which rose 1.81% or 0.054 points to trade at 3.030 at the close. FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK) added 1.79% or 0.17 points to end at 9.94 and Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) was up 1.57% or 0.0640 points to 4.1500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER), which lost 2.12% or 0.50 points to trade at 23.14 in late trade. Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) declined 1.72% or 1.70 points to end at 97.25 and Atlantia (MI:ATL) shed 1.33% or 0.36 points to 26.78.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 191 to 171 and 31 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.29% or 0.82 to $64.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.20% or 0.83 to hit $69.86 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.42% or 5.60 to trade at $1337.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.2282, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.8788.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 90.02.