Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Financials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 1.31%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were ENI (MI:ENI), which fell 0.15% or 0.02 points to trade at 13.11 at the close. Meanwhile, Snam (MI:SRG) fell 0.40% or 0.016 points to end at 4.026 and Italgas SpA (MI:IG) was down 0.42% or 0.02 points to 4.74 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI), which fell 3.80% or 0.124 points to trade at 3.136 at the close. Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) declined 3.66% or 0.1120 points to end at 2.9500 and Mediaset (MI:MS) was down 3.62% or 0.118 points to 3.146.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 285 to 72 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.66% or 0.1120 to 2.9500.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.40% or 0.65 to $45.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.23% or 0.12 to hit $51.30 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 4.34 to trade at $1319.64 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.33% to 1.2018, while EUR/GBP rose 0.35% to 0.9294.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 91.97.