Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities, Chemicals and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (MI:UNPI), which rose 2.89% or 0.115 points to trade at 4.097 at the close. Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) added 2.32% or 0.069 points to end at 3.019 and Italgas SpA (MI:IG) was up 2.25% or 0.105 points to 4.763 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mediaset (MI:MS), which lost 4.15% or 0.136 points to trade at 3.145 in late trade. STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) declined 2.58% or 0.515 points to end at 19.455 and Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) shed 2.37% or 0.0194 points to 0.8008.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 201 to 148 and 31 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.09% or 0.67 to $60.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.49% or 0.32 to hit $64.63 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.50% or 6.60 to trade at $1327.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.51% to 1.2403, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8865.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 89.59.