Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Technology and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 1.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which rose 5.74% or 0.0380 points to trade at 0.7000 at the close. Unicredit (MI:CRDI) added 4.99% or 0.1660 points to end at 3.4920 and UBI Banca (MI:UBI) was up 4.33% or 0.1560 points to 3.7620 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which lost 2.63% or 0.1900 points to trade at 7.0350 in late trade. Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) declined 0.66% or 0.17 points to end at 25.74 and Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) shed 0.21% or 0.03 points to 14.35.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 223 to 162 and 30 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 3.24% or 1.38 to $44.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 3.02% or 1.34 to hit $45.66 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.23% or 2.85 to trade at $1243.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.1307, while EUR/GBP fell 0.48% to 0.7743.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.33% at 94.43.