Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Chemicals and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU), which rose 4.46% or 0.65 points to trade at 15.22 at the close. Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) added 2.71% or 0.58 points to end at 22.02 and Prysmian (MI:PRY) was up 1.87% or 0.36 points to 19.61 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saipem (MI:SPMI), which lost 5.25% or 0.0183 points to trade at 0.3300 in late trade. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) declined 4.78% or 0.0270 points to end at 0.5380 and Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) shed 4.13% or 0.188 points to 4.366.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 225 to 180 and 19 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 2.46% or 0.97 to $38.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 2.08% or 0.85 to hit $40.02 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.41% or 17.20 to trade at $1239.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.53% to 1.1256, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.7836.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.56% at 95.45.