Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Popolare dell’Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII), which rose 2.95% or 0.138 points to trade at 4.816 at the close. Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) added 2.93% or 0.68 points to end at 23.85 and Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) was up 2.39% or 0.078 points to 3.336 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Luxottica Group (MI:LUX), which lost 1.51% or 0.72 points to trade at 46.81 in late trade. Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) declined 1.30% or 0.32 points to end at 24.25 and Mediaset (MI:MS) shed 0.89% or 0.026 points to 2.910.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 185 to 170 and 23 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.54% or 0.28 to $51.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.15% or 0.67 to hit $57.76 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.58% or 7.57 to trade at $1303.93 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.50% to 1.1789, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8771.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 92.85.