Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Travel & Leisure and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.20% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI), which rose 2.16% or 0.30 points to trade at 14.17 at the close. Banca Popolare dell’Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) added 1.94% or 0.090 points to end at 4.720 and A2A (MI:A2) was up 1.87% or 0.027 points to 1.472 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT), which lost 1.77% or 0.0145 points to trade at 0.8025 in late trade. Mediaset (MI:MS) declined 1.56% or 0.046 points to end at 2.894 and Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) shed 1.17% or 0.29 points to 24.56.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 180 to 180 and 19 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.93% or 0.47 to $49.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.90% or 0.50 to hit $54.98 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.14 to trade at $1310.94 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.11% to 1.1968, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.8879.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 91.79.