Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Travel & Leisure and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.20% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Generali (MI:BGN), which rose 2.45% or 0.73 points to trade at 30.50 at the close. Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) added 1.46% or 0.0600 points to end at 4.1620 and Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) was up 1.34% or 1.25 points to 94.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT), which lost 2.09% or 0.0185 points to trade at 0.8665 in late trade. Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) declined 1.36% or 0.29 points to end at 21.04 and Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (MI:UNPI) shed 1.28% or 0.052 points to 4.018.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 194 to 140 and 28 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.61% or 0.30 to $49.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.52% or 0.27 to hit $52.10 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.27% or 3.37 to trade at $1261.33 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.45% to 1.1742, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.9049.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 93.59.