Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Travel & Leisure, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the FTSE MIB fell 0.93%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE MIB were Telecom Italia (MILAN:TLIT), which rose 3.27% or 0.034 points to trade at 1.075 at the close. STMicroelectronics (MILAN:STM) added 3.21% or 0.225 points to end at 7.235 and Banca Popolare Milano (MILAN:PMII) was up 2.20% or 0.0205 points to 0.9515 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Autogrill (MILAN:AGL), which lost 6.72% or 0.60 points to trade at 8.39 in late trade. Banca Monte Paschi Siena (MILAN:BMPS) declined 5.82% or 0.0350 points to end at 0.5660 and Unicredit (MILAN:CRDI) shed 3.37% or 0.220 points to 6.305.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 345 to 135 and 5 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.23% or 1.32 to $60.57 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 2.54% or 1.67 to hit $67.29 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.87% or 10.30 to trade at $1193.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.83% to 1.1248, while EUR/GBP rose 0.14% to 0.7167.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.73% at 94.42.