Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Industrials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI), which rose 3.25% or 0.086 points to trade at 2.736 at the close. Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) added 3.00% or 0.140 points to end at 4.804 and Atlantia (MI:ATL) was up 1.65% or 0.39 points to 24.04 in late trade.
Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which lost 4.25% or 0.610 points to trade at 13.730 in late trade. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) declined 3.79% or 0.400 points to end at 10.150 and Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) shed 3.01% or 0.68 points to 21.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 193 to 162 and 11 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.55% or 0.76 to $48.15 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.36% or 0.70 to hit $50.92 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.95% or 11.75 to trade at $1245.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.69% to 1.0813, while EUR/GBP fell 0.36% to 0.8659.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.66% at 99.50.