Italy stocks lower at close of trade; Investing.com Italy 40 down 0.33%

Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology , Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.33%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Telecom Italia (BIT:TLIT ), which rose 2.07% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Hera (BIT:HRA ) added 1.94% or 0.07 points to end at 3.67 and Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (BIT:UNPI ) was up 1.79% or 0.21 points to 11.96 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics (BIT:STMMI ), which fell 3.17% or 0.82 points to trade at 25.01 at the close. Eni SpA (BIT:ENI ) declined 2.72% or 0.39 points to end at 13.96 and Brunello Cucinelli (BIT:BCU ) was down 2.58% or 2.45 points to 92.45.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 254 to 236 and 57 ended unchanged.

Shares in Hera (BIT:HRA ) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.94% or 0.07 to 3.67. Shares in Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (BIT:UNPI ) rose to 5-year highs; up 1.79% or 0.21 to 11.96.

Crude oil for November delivery was down 5.13% or 3.79 to $70.04 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 4.93% or 3.82 to hit $73.64 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.64% or 17.15 to trade at $2,682.75 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.09% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.28% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 102.96.

Source: Investing.com