Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Financials and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 1.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA (MI:US), which rose 3.82% or 0.054 points to trade at 1.469 at the close. Unipol (MI:UNPI) added 3.24% or 0.076 points to end at 2.424 and Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) was up 2.82% or 0.094 points to 3.426 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Moncler SpA (MI:MONC), which lost 0.46% or 0.07 points to trade at 15.06 in late trade. Snam (MI:SRG) declined 0.30% or 0.015 points to end at 5.000 and Italcementi (MI:ITAI) shed 0.09% or 0.010 points to 10.570.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 266 to 133 and 24 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.04% or 0.49 to $46.49 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.35% or 0.67 to hit $48.78 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.54% or 7.15 to trade at $1319.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.36% to 1.1148, while EUR/GBP fell 0.22% to 0.8519.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.50% at 96.01.