Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 1.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Popolare di Sondrio ScpA (BIT:BPSI), which rose 7.03% or 0.51 points to trade at 7.69 at the close. Saipem SpA (BIT:SPMI) added 2.83% or 0.07 points to end at 2.50 and Prysmian SpA (BIT:PRY) was up 2.09% or 1.32 points to 64.36 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nexi SpA (BIT:NEXII), which lost 3.79% or 0.22 points to trade at 5.69 in late trade. Italgas SpA (BIT:IG) declined 1.62% or 0.09 points to end at 5.47 and Azimut Holding SpA (BIT:AZMT) shed 1.59% or 0.38 points to 23.53.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 284 to 244 and 35 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.91% or 1.98 to $70.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 2.60% or 1.87 to hit $73.70 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 11.69 to trade at $2,670.19 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.20% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 106.23.