Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Mediobanca (MI:MDBI), which rose 3.55% or 0.225 points to trade at 6.565 at the close. CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) added 3.33% or 0.215 points to end at 6.670 and Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) was up 1.99% or 0.070 points to 3.590 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Popolare (MI:BAPO), which lost 1.89% or 0.0440 points to trade at 2.2840 in late trade. Banca Popolare Milano (MI:PMII) declined 1.67% or 0.0067 points to end at 0.3950 and A2A (MI:A2) shed 1.43% or 0.018 points to 1.242.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 265 to 133 and 27 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.56% or 0.24 to $42.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.75% or 0.34 to hit $45.05 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.35% or 4.65 to trade at $1345.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.1108, while EUR/GBP rose 0.49% to 0.8545.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.19% at 96.11.