Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Chemicals and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI), which rose 7.20% or 0.180 points to trade at 2.680 at the close. Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) added 5.02% or 0.81 points to end at 16.95 and UBI Banca (MI:UBI) was up 4.38% or 0.1200 points to 2.8600 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Luxottica Group (MI:LUX), which lost 2.71% or 1.40 points to trade at 50.35 in late trade. Prysmian (MI:PRY) declined 2.44% or 0.61 points to end at 24.35 and STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) shed 2.41% or 0.260 points to 10.550.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 204 to 126 and 25 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 2.29% or 1.23 to $52.49 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 2.11% or 1.20 to hit $55.62 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.86% or 9.95 to trade at $1161.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.38% to 1.0415, while EUR/GBP fell 0.19% to 0.8498.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.76% at 103.15.