Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Financials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were DiaSorin SpA (BIT:DIAS), which rose 3.43% or 3.20 points to trade at 96.48 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics (BIT:STMMI) added 2.33% or 0.85 points to end at 37.07 and Telecom Italia (BIT:TLIT) was up 2.21% or 0.01 points to 0.23 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Iveco Group NV (BIT:IVG), which fell 3.76% or 0.40 points to trade at 10.23 at the close. Bper Banca SpA (BIT:EMII) declined 2.54% or 0.13 points to end at 4.87 and Stellantis NV (BIT:STLAM) was down 2.29% or 0.43 points to 18.21.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 268 to 188 and 59 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.32% or 0.27 to $83.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.08% or 0.07 to hit $86.53 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.29% or 6.70 to trade at $2,332.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.24% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 105.53.