Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Travel & Leisure, Technology and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 1.09% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT), which rose 1.86% or 0.0145 points to trade at 0.7950 at the close. Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) added 1.67% or 0.95 points to end at 57.70 and Italgas SpA (MI:IG) was up 0.86% or 0.03 points to 3.52 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI), which lost 5.12% or 0.142 points to trade at 2.630 in late trade. UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) declined 3.97% or 1.0400 points to end at 25.1600 and UBI Banca (MI:UBI) shed 3.19% or 0.1060 points to 3.2120.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 213 to 114 and 13 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.41% or 0.74 to $53.37 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.63% or 0.90 to hit $56.22 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.51% or 18.00 to trade at $1214.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.90% to 1.0791, while EUR/GBP rose 0.18% to 0.8579.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.84% at 99.58.