Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrials, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST), which rose 5.80% or 0.386 points to trade at 7.040 at the close. Meanwhile, Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) added 1.94% or 0.55 points to end at 28.86 and UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) was up 1.45% or 0.2500 points to 17.4420 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI), which fell 3.25% or 0.20 points to trade at 6.10 at the close. Luxottica Group (MI:LUX) declined 3.01% or 1.52 points to end at 48.98 and Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI) was down 2.86% or 0.34 points to 11.54.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 204 to 143 and 29 ended unchanged.
Shares in Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST) rose to 52-week highs; rising 5.80% or 0.386 to 7.040. Shares in Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) rose to all time highs; up 1.94% or 0.55 to 28.86. Shares in Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.86% or 0.34 to 11.54.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.67% or 1.07 to $62.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.35% or 0.91 to hit $66.38 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.11% or 14.80 to trade at $1318.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.62% to 1.2241, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.8804.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.57% at 90.28.