Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Financials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 1.48% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Mediaset (MI:MS), which rose 23.33% or 0.840 points to trade at 4.440 at the close. UBI Banca (MI:UBI) added 5.83% or 0.1520 points to end at 2.7580 and Banco Popolare (MI:BAPO) was up 4.33% or 0.102 points to 2.460 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Campari (MI:CPRI), which lost 1.13% or 0.10 points to trade at 9.21 in late trade. Recordati (MI:RECI) declined 1.04% or 0.28 points to end at 26.67 and Atlantia (MI:ATL) shed 0.58% or 0.13 points to 22.37.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 217 to 117 and 20 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.51% or 0.27 to $53.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.76% or 0.42 to hit $55.34 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.95% or 10.85 to trade at $1131.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.12% to 1.0390, while EUR/GBP rose 0.30% to 0.8414.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 103.30.