Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Financials and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT), which rose 7.30% or 1.04 points to trade at 15.28 at the close. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) added 3.88% or 0.0100 points to end at 0.2678 and Brembo (MI:BRBI) was up 2.80% or 1.55 points to 56.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banca Popolare Milano (MI:PMII), which lost 2.85% or 0.0104 points to trade at 0.3550 in late trade. Banco Popolare (MI:BAPO) declined 2.69% or 0.062 points to end at 2.240 and Saipem (MI:SPMI) shed 1.49% or 0.0056 points to 0.3711.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 197 to 197 and 25 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.49% or 0.22 to $45.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $46.16 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.07% or 0.95 to trade at $1278.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.1025, while EUR/GBP rose 0.02% to 0.8908.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 97.90.