Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 1.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Brunello Cucinelli (BIT:BCU), which rose 2.84% or 2.50 points to trade at 90.45 at the close. Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA (BIT:TRN) added 0.82% or 0.06 points to end at 7.90 and Snam SpA (BIT:SRG) was up 0.40% or 0.02 points to 4.48 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saipem SpA (BIT:SPMI), which lost 7.07% or 0.14 points to trade at 1.88 in late trade. Iveco Group NV (BIT:IVG) declined 4.93% or 0.46 points to end at 8.95 and STMicroelectronics (BIT:STMMI) shed 4.59% or 1.32 points to 27.35.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 364 to 123 and 37 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 3.73% or 2.74 to $70.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 4.36% or 3.38 to hit $74.14 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.38% or 9.60 to trade at $2,518.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.29% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 101.76.