Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Utilities, Healthcare and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.88%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Intesa Sanpaolo (MI:ISP), which rose 1.77% or 0.048 points to trade at 2.756 at the close. Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) added 1.02% or 0.0380 points to end at 3.7480 and Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) was up 0.93% or 0.0300 points to 3.2480 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Exor NV (MI:EXOR), which lost 3.53% or 1.78 points to trade at 48.67 in late trade. Italgas SpA (MI:IG) declined 3.16% or 0.15 points to end at 4.47 and Recordati (MI:RECI) shed 3.07% or 1.15 points to 36.25.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 235 to 125 and 14 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.89% or 0.82 to $44.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.95% or 0.90 to hit $46.94 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.91 to trade at $1247.31 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 1.16% to 1.1311, while EUR/GBP rose 0.67% to 0.8848.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.78% at 96.35.