Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Telecoms and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI), which rose 5.38% or 0.325 points to trade at 6.365 at the close. Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) added 4.98% or 1.32 points to end at 27.80 and Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) was up 4.04% or 0.65 points to 16.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII), which lost 3.34% or 0.169 points to trade at 4.886 in late trade. UBI Banca (MI:UBI) declined 2.80% or 0.1040 points to end at 3.6040 and Banco Popolare (MI:BAPO) shed 2.74% or 0.1700 points to 6.0400.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 220 to 193 and 13 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.62% or 1.08 to $42.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 2.05% or 0.88 to hit $43.79 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.70% or 21.00 to trade at $1256.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.52% to 1.1372, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.7904.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.49% at 93.99.