Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 2.87%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were World Duty Free SpA (MILAN:WDF), which fell 0.20% or 0.020 points to trade at 10.220 at the close. Meanwhile, Ansaldo STS (MILAN:STS) fell 0.42% or 0.04 points to end at 9.46 and Pirelli & C (MILAN:PECI) was down 0.53% or 0.0800 points to 14.9600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Exor (MILAN:EXOR), which fell 6.35% or 2.63 points to trade at 38.77 at the close. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MILAN:FCHA) declined 6.21% or 0.7900 points to end at 11.9300 and Finmeccanica (MILAN:SIFI) was down 5.26% or 0.640 points to 11.520.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 401 to 52 and 1 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 3.24% or 1.52 to $45.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.91% or 0.94 to hit $47.98 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.72% or 8.20 to trade at $1124.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.59% to 1.1123, while EUR/GBP rose 0.30% to 0.7236.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.48% at 96.50.