Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Atlantia (MI:ATL), which rose 2.64% or 0.65 points to trade at 25.30 at the close. STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) added 2.53% or 0.470 points to end at 19.075 and Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) was up 2.43% or 2.34 points to 98.46 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER), which lost 1.12% or 0.25 points to trade at 22.06 in late trade. Mediobanca (MI:MDBI) declined 0.65% or 0.062 points to end at 9.492 and Snam (MI:SRG) shed 0.53% or 0.019 points to 3.583.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 244 to 109 and 23 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.08% or 0.05 to $65.50 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.14% or 0.10 to hit $69.62 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.80% or 10.90 to trade at $1344.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.2412, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8764.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 88.93.