Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure, Financials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI), which rose 3.44% or 0.1200 points to trade at 3.6080 at the close. Luxottica Group (MI:LUX) added 3.13% or 1.65 points to end at 54.35 and Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) was up 2.51% or 0.108 points to 4.418 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which lost 0.99% or 0.0360 points to trade at 3.5840 in late trade. Snam (MI:SRG) declined 0.91% or 0.038 points to end at 4.144 and Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) shed 0.81% or 0.05 points to 6.09.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 216 to 147 and 9 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.50% or 0.23 to $46.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.50% or 0.24 to hit $48.53 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 2.48 to trade at $1266.42 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1200, while EUR/GBP fell 0.78% to 0.8782.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 97.03.