Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Financials and Oil & Gas 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 Ferrari NV (MI:RACE), which rose 3.05% or 2.90 points to trade at 98.05 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) added 2.70% or 0.380 points to end at 14.450 and CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) was up 1.38% or 0.130 points to 9.580 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which fell 1.86% or 0.0600 points to trade at 3.1600 at the close. Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) declined 1.41% or 0.26 points to end at 18.22 and Banca Popolare dell’Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) was down 1.33% or 0.064 points to 4.760.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 179 to 161 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) rose to all time highs; rising 3.05% or 2.90 to 98.05. Shares in Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.86% or 0.0600 to 3.1600.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.86% or 0.41 to $47.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.74% or 0.38 to hit $52.04 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 4.43 to trade at $1292.27 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.43% to 1.1765, while EUR/GBP rose 0.08% to 0.9166.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 93.37.