Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Telecoms and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT), which rose 3.04% or 0.0260 points to trade at 0.8802 at the close. Tenaris (MI:TENR) added 2.83% or 0.41 points to end at 14.70 and CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) was up 2.70% or 0.258 points to 9.808 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI), which lost 1.38% or 0.040 points to trade at 2.865 in late trade. A2A (MI:A2) declined 1.28% or 0.021 points to end at 1.579 and Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) shed 1.08% or 0.36 points to 33.03.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 200 to 153 and 31 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.89% or 1.83 to $65.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 2.93% or 2.01 to hit $70.66 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 3.00 to trade at $1343.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.2344, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8713.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 89.39.