Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Amplifon (MI:AMPF), which rose 5.46% or 0.810 points to trade at 15.650 at the close. FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK) added 4.20% or 0.38 points to end at 9.38 and Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI) was up 3.73% or 0.34 points to 9.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII), which lost 2.20% or 0.075 points to trade at 3.330 in late trade. Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) declined 1.98% or 0.0520 points to end at 2.5800 and Banco Bpm SpA (MI:BAMI) shed 1.85% or 0.038 points to 2.021.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 223 to 143 and 31 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.51% or 1.22 to $49.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.27% or 1.30 to hit $58.63 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 2.45 to trade at $1287.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.19% to 1.1452, while EUR/GBP rose 0.31% to 0.9004.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 95.422.