Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Financials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.87%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Moncler SpA (MI:MONC), which rose 7.01% or 0.88 points to trade at 13.44 at the close. Meanwhile, Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) added 6.35% or 1.31 points to end at 21.94 and Luxottica Group (MI:LUX) was up 4.35% or 2.45 points to 58.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were A2A (MI:A2), which fell 5.08% or 0.063 points to trade at 1.177 at the close. Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) declined 2.55% or 0.38 points to end at 14.51 and Unicredit (MI:CRDI) was down 0.98% or 0.0460 points to 4.6340.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 278 to 143 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in Unicredit (MI:CRDI) fell to 52-week lows; losing 0.98% or 0.0460 to 4.6340.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 4.04% or 1.27 to $30.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 3.89% or 1.24 to hit $30.64 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.95% or 10.40 to trade at $1085.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.19% to 1.0838, while EUR/GBP rose 0.67% to 0.7516.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.25% at 99.17.