Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Travel & Leisure and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 1.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI), which rose 0.63% or 0.040 points to trade at 6.340 at the close. Snam (MI:SRG) added 0.59% or 0.030 points to end at 5.145 and Atlantia (MI:ATL) was up 0.50% or 0.12 points to 24.24 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Popolare (MI:BAPO), which lost 7.33% or 0.3520 points to trade at 4.4480 in late trade. Banca Popolare Milano (MI:PMII) declined 5.47% or 0.0300 points to end at 0.5180 and Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) shed 5.17% or 0.248 points to 4.548.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 273 to 129 and 20 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.26% or 0.62 to $49.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.85% or 0.43 to hit $50.79 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.07% or 0.85 to trade at $1217.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.05% to 1.1145, while EUR/GBP rose 0.91% to 0.7678.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 95.72.