Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Travel & Leisure, Financials and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.87%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI), which rose 1.67% or 0.170 points to trade at 10.370 at the close. Pirelli & C SPA (MI:PIRC) added 1.06% or 0.08 points to end at 7.26 and Prysmian (MI:PRY) was up 1.03% or 0.22 points to 21.59 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Atlantia (MI:ATL), which lost 3.15% or 0.59 points to trade at 18.16 in late trade. A2A (MI:A2) declined 3.01% or 0.046 points to end at 1.484 and Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) shed 2.95% or 0.0980 points to 3.2270.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 232 to 115 and 33 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.71% or 0.49 to $68.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.33% or 0.25 to hit $76.25 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 1.80 to trade at $1214.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.29% to 1.1712, while EUR/GBP rose 0.33% to 0.9092.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 94.50.