Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Travel & Leisure and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.99% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Tenaris (MI:TENR), which rose 7.69% or 1.12 points to trade at 15.68 at the close. Saipem (MI:SPMI) added 6.46% or 0.0256 points to end at 0.4220 and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) was up 2.90% or 0.290 points to 10.280 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU), which lost 1.76% or 0.40 points to trade at 22.35 in late trade. Recordati (MI:RECI) declined 0.90% or 0.29 points to end at 31.81 and Terna (MI:TRN) shed 0.69% or 0.032 points to 4.590.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 228 to 122 and 18 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.84% or 0.88 to $48.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.63% or 0.83 to hit $51.73 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 0.95 to trade at $1254.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.18% to 1.0844, while EUR/GBP rose 0.36% to 0.8680.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 99.19.