Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 1.22% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Ferrari NV (MI:RACE), which rose 0.06% or 0.06 points to trade at 99.32 at the close. Meanwhile, Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) added 0.05% or 0.02 points to end at 37.71 and Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 26.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banca Generali (MI:BGN), which fell 4.31% or 1.22 points to trade at 27.10 at the close. UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) declined 3.39% or 0.6040 points to end at 17.2320 and Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) was down 3.24% or 0.098 points to 2.909.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 262 to 91 and 24 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.46% or 0.27 to $59.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.22% or 0.14 to hit $62.45 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.28% or 3.70 to trade at $1330.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.59% to 1.2364, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.8900.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 89.54.