Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Financials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.19% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER), which rose 3.93% or 0.93 points to trade at 24.61 at the close. Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) added 2.18% or 0.77 points to end at 36.02 and Italgas SpA (MI:IG) was up 1.96% or 0.100 points to 5.192 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which lost 2.89% or 0.0970 points to trade at 3.2640 in late trade. Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) declined 2.37% or 0.0206 points to end at 0.8494 and Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII) shed 1.82% or 0.089 points to 4.798.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 205 to 144 and 32 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $68.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.15% or 0.11 to hit $74.82 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.73% or 9.70 to trade at $1333.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.19% to 1.2232, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8751.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 90.57.