Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Utilities and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 1.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU), which rose 3.88% or 0.63 points to trade at 16.85 at the close. Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) added 3.32% or 0.78 points to end at 24.28 and Prysmian (MI:PRY) was up 3.14% or 0.64 points to 21.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which lost 3.17% or 0.0190 points to trade at 0.5800 in late trade. Banco Popolare (MI:BAPO) declined 3.12% or 0.1560 points to end at 4.8400 and Anima Holding SpA (MI:ANIM) shed 2.36% or 0.13 points to 5.37.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 229 to 174 and 16 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.39% or 1.04 to $44.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 3.85% or 1.68 to hit $45.31 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.34% or 4.25 to trade at $1262.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1383, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.7880.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 94.18.