Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Healthcare and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 1.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which rose 0.74% or 0.0018 points to trade at 0.2449 at the close. Mediobanca (MI:MDBI) added 0.67% or 0.045 points to end at 6.720 and A2A (MI:A2) was up 0.40% or 0.005 points to 1.246 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI), which lost 5.30% or 0.375 points to trade at 6.705 in late trade. STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) declined 3.91% or 0.340 points to end at 8.360 and Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) shed 2.77% or 1.33 points to 46.65.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 262 to 105 and 35 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.73% or 0.34 to $46.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.95% or 0.46 to hit $48.15 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.20% or 15.25 to trade at $1288.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.67% to 1.1054, while EUR/GBP rose 0.79% to 0.9035.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.56% at 97.77.