Italy stocks lower at close of trade; Investing.com Italy 40 down 0.23%

Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Chemicals and Utilities sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.23%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Leonardo SpA (BIT:LDOF), which rose 3.72% or 0.81 points to trade at 22.57 at the close. Meanwhile, Banca Popolare di Sondrio ScpA (BIT:BPSI) added 2.71% or 0.19 points to end at 7.20 and Interpump Group (BIT:ITPG) was up 1.81% or 0.74 points to 41.64 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Ferrari NV (BIT:RACE), which fell 7.06% or 30.90 points to trade at 407.00 at the close. Moncler SpA (BIT:MONC) declined 1.71% or 0.85 points to end at 48.95 and ERG (BIT:ERG) was down 1.46% or 0.30 points to 20.26.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 268 to 237 and 41 ended unchanged.

Shares in ERG (BIT:ERG) fell to 3-years lows; losing 1.46% or 0.30 to 20.26.

Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.47% or 1.05 to $72.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.29% or 0.97 to hit $76.05 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 3.85 to trade at $2,750.05 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.42% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.12% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 103.41.