India, July 15 -- Despite spending much of the day's trading session in positive territory, the Switzerland market ended on a weak note on Tuesday as fears of a trade war rendered the mood a bit bearish.
In addition to following the developments on the trade front, investors also digested eurozone industrial production data, and U.S. consumer price inflation report.
The benchmark SMI ended down 38.57 points or 0.32% at 11,901.32, after scaling a low of 11,878.89 and a high of 11,979.69 intraday.
Alcon, Roche Holding, Nestle, Swisscom and Zurich Insurance lost 0.7 to 1.2%. Schindler Ps, Givaudan, Swiss Life Holding and Novartis closed modestly lower.
VAT Group rallied nearly 3%. Amrize climbed about 1.65%, ABB advanced 1.35% and Adecco g...