Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Industrials and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 1.34%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Luxottica Group (MI:LUX), which rose 1.33% or 0.68 points to trade at 51.76 at the close. Meanwhile, Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) added 1.15% or 0.0082 points to end at 0.7216 and Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) was down 0.03% or 0.01 points to 37.76 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF), which fell 12.00% or 1.353 points to trade at 9.922 at the close. Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII) declined 3.84% or 0.186 points to end at 4.659 and Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) was down 3.65% or 0.1450 points to 3.8260.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 318 to 54 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.83% or 1.20 to $64.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.33% or 0.92 to hit $68.28 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.16% or 2.20 to trade at $1338.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.2390, while EUR/GBP fell 0.27% to 0.8774.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 89.10.