Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Healthcare and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the FTSE MIB added 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE MIB were Enel Green Power (MILAN:EGPW), which rose 3.49% or 0.062 points to trade at 1.841 at the close. Azimut Holding (MILAN:AZMT) added 2.91% or 0.75 points to end at 26.49 and STMicroelectronics (MILAN:STM) was up 2.84% or 0.210 points to 7.600 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unicredit (MILAN:CRDI), which lost 1.00% or 0.065 points to trade at 6.435 in late trade. CNH Industrial NV (MILAN:CNHI) declined 0.95% or 0.080 points to end at 8.335 and Buzzi Unicem (MILAN:BZU) shed 0.91% or 0.12 points to 13.07.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 348 to 135 and 1 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.29% or 0.78 to $61.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.79% or 1.14 to hit $64.47 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.57% or 6.70 to trade at $1177.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 1.46% to 1.1175, while EUR/GBP fell 0.83% to 0.7108.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.11% at 95.57.