Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Travel & Leisure and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Salvatore Ferragamo SpA (MI:SFER), which rose 3.02% or 0.58 points to trade at 19.93 at the close. Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI) added 2.66% or 0.31 points to end at 11.95 and Recordati (MI:RECI) was up 2.48% or 0.75 points to 31.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT), which lost 2.48% or 0.0162 points to trade at 0.6366 in late trade. Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII) declined 1.94% or 0.093 points to end at 4.691 and UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) shed 1.61% or 0.2380 points to 14.5900.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 175 to 172 and 30 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.16% or 0.12 to $73.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.90% or 0.70 to hit $78.77 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.28% or 3.50 to trade at $1256.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1736, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8856.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 93.94.