Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrials, Healthcare and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Generali (MI:BGN), which rose 3.77% or 0.72 points to trade at 19.80 at the close. Banco Bpm SpA (MI:BAMI) added 1.75% or 0.035 points to end at 2.016 and Mediaset SpA (MI:MS) was up 1.54% or 0.041 points to 2.710 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ferrari NV (MI:RACE), which lost 3.72% or 3.56 points to trade at 92.20 in late trade. Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII) declined 3.51% or 0.129 points to end at 3.549 and Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) shed 2.93% or 0.90 points to 29.83.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 188 to 163 and 32 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.98% or 1.02 to $50.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.78% or 1.08 to hit $59.48 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.82% or 10.10 to trade at $1218.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.38% to 1.1285, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.8861.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 97.355.