Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Utilities, Telecoms and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Nexi SpA (BIT:NEXII), which rose 2.45% or 0.15 points to trade at 6.11 at the close. Saipem SpA (BIT:SPMI) added 2.33% or 0.05 points to end at 2.07 and STMicroelectronics (BIT:STMMI) was up 1.79% or 0.45 points to 25.57 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ERG (BIT:ERG), which lost 3.74% or 0.84 points to trade at 21.64 in late trade. Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (BIT:UNPI) declined 3.55% or 0.43 points to end at 11.67 and Inwit (BIT:INWT) shed 2.97% or 0.32 points to 10.46.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 293 to 203 and 47 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 2.76% or 1.93 to $71.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.56% or 1.90 to hit $76.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.51% or 14.10 to trade at $2,753.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.08% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 103.89.