Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 1.31% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which rose 3.70% or 0.698 points to trade at 19.578 at the close. CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) added 2.96% or 0.294 points to end at 10.230 and Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) was up 2.91% or 0.085 points to 2.990 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT), which lost 1.60% or 0.0136 points to trade at 0.8382 in late trade. Pirelli & C SPA (MI:PIRC) declined 1.10% or 0.08 points to end at 7.17 and Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) shed 0.12% or 0.0040 points to 3.2260.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 240 to 107 and 31 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.05% or 0.03 to $66.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.13% or 0.09 to hit $71.33 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 2.80 to trade at $1347.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.2349, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8640.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 89.32.