Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were A2A (MI:A2), which rose 0.77% or 0.011 points to trade at 1.447 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) added 0.76% or 0.130 points to end at 17.150 and Enel (MI:ENEI) was up 0.68% or 0.035 points to 5.185 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banca Generali (MI:BGN), which fell 2.88% or 0.83 points to trade at 27.99 at the close. Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) declined 2.33% or 0.15 points to end at 6.50 and Mediaset (MI:MS) was down 2.32% or 0.074 points to 3.112.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 208 to 157 and 23 ended unchanged.
Shares in STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 0.76% or 0.130 to 17.150.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.83% or 0.43 to $51.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.73% or 0.42 to hit $57.40 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.15% or 14.95 to trade at $1288.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.36% to 1.1754, while EUR/GBP rose 0.18% to 0.8917.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 93.47.