Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.52% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Luxottica Group (MI:LUX), which rose 2.49% or 1.08 points to trade at 44.39 at the close. Meanwhile, FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK) added 1.97% or 0.10 points to end at 5.17 and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) was up 1.67% or 0.0032 points to 0.1943 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT), which fell 3.10% or 0.41 points to trade at 12.83 at the close. Mediobanca (MI:MDBI) declined 2.53% or 0.150 points to end at 5.785 and Unipol (MI:UNPI) was down 2.08% or 0.048 points to 2.260.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 279 to 124 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) fell to 3-years lows; down 3.10% or 0.41 to 12.83.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 3.53% or 1.62 to $44.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 3.46% or 1.66 to hit $46.27 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.05% or 14.10 to trade at $1330.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.34% to 1.1216, while EUR/GBP fell 0.65% to 0.8616.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 95.40.