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 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI), which rose 4.03% or 0.1580 points to trade at 4.0740 at the close. Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) added 3.72% or 0.1240 points to end at 3.4580 and Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) was up 3.40% or 0.158 points to 4.806 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ferrari NV (MI:RACE), which lost 2.04% or 1.55 points to trade at 74.40 in late trade. Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) declined 1.76% or 0.0145 points to end at 0.8085 and Prysmian (MI:PRY) shed 1.55% or 0.41 points to 25.98.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 186 to 160 and 17 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.02% or 0.01 to $47.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $49.64 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.39% or 4.71 to trade at $1223.91 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.12% to 1.1350, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8784.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 95.99.