Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Travel & Leisure and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Ferrari NV (MI:RACE), which rose 1.47% or 1.60 points to trade at 110.80 at the close. Atlantia (MI:ATL) added 1.36% or 0.24 points to end at 17.89 and A2A (MI:A2) was up 1.23% or 0.019 points to 1.569 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mediaset SpA (MI:MS), which lost 3.33% or 0.086 points to trade at 2.497 in late trade. Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF) declined 1.82% or 0.190 points to end at 10.240 and STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) shed 1.76% or 0.285 points to 15.905.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 209 to 150 and 27 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.53% or 1.71 to $69.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.86% or 1.44 to hit $78.81 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 1.40 to trade at $1201.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.1593, while EUR/GBP rose 0.09% to 0.8909.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 95.18.