Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Travel & Leisure, Financials and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.87%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI), which rose 1.67% or 0.170 points to trade at 10.370 at the close. Meanwhile, Pirelli & C SPA (MI:PIRC) added 1.06% or 0.08 points to end at 7.26 and Prysmian (MI:PRY) was up 1.03% or 0.22 points to 21.59 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Atlantia (MI:ATL), which fell 3.15% or 0.59 points to trade at 18.16 at the close. A2A (MI:A2) declined 3.01% or 0.046 points to end at 1.484 and Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) was down 2.95% or 0.0980 points to 3.2270.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 232 to 115 and 33 ended unchanged.
Shares in Atlantia (MI:ATL) fell to 3-years lows; down 3.15% or 0.59 to 18.16.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.71% or 0.49 to $68.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.33% or 0.25 to hit $76.25 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.16% or 1.90 to trade at $1214.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.29% to 1.1712, while EUR/GBP rose 0.33% to 0.9092.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 94.50.