Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Telecoms and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 1.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Leonardo SpA (BIT:LDOF), which rose 1.37% or 0.34 points to trade at 25.22 at the close. Hera (BIT:HRA) added 0.47% or 0.02 points to end at 3.39 and Inwit (BIT:INWT) was up 0.31% or 0.03 points to 9.56 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Telecom Italia (BIT:TLIT), which lost 4.14% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.23 in late trade. Banca Popolare di Sondrio ScpA (BIT:BPSI) declined 3.85% or 0.29 points to end at 7.38 and FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (BIT:FBK) shed 3.63% or 0.55 points to 14.47.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 359 to 152 and 57 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.12% or 0.08 to $69.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.19% or 0.14 to hit $73.16 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.66% or 17.35 to trade at $2,631.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.04% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 106.15.