Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the declined 0.70%.
The best performers of the session on the were Nexi SpA (BIT:), which rose 2.45% or 0.15 points to trade at 6.11 at the close. Meanwhile, Saipem SpA (BIT:) added 2.33% or 0.05 points to end at 2.07 and STMicroelectronics (BIT:) was up 1.79% or 0.45 points to 25.57 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ERG (BIT:), which fell 3.74% or 0.84 points to trade at 21.64 at the close. Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (BIT:) declined 3.55% or 0.43 points to end at 11.67 and Inwit (BIT:) was down 2.97% or 0.32 points to 10.46.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 293 to 203 and 47 ended unchanged.
Shares in ERG (BIT:) fell to 3-years lows; down 3.74% or 0.84 to 21.64.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 2.80% or 1.96 to $72.00 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.60% or 1.93 to hit $76.22 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.51% or 14.05 to trade at $2,752.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.09% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.04% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 103.90.