Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Industrials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI), which rose 5.59% or 0.134 points to trade at 2.530 at the close. Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII) added 3.39% or 0.147 points to end at 4.477 and Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) was up 3.07% or 0.0990 points to 3.3200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which lost 4.24% or 0.940 points to trade at 21.220 in late trade. CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) declined 3.12% or 0.304 points to end at 9.430 and Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) shed 3.09% or 1.28 points to 40.19.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 219 to 139 and 28 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.78% or 1.17 to $64.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.78% or 0.59 to hit $74.75 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 2.60 to trade at $1277.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.49% to 1.1566, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.8783.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 94.76.