Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Telecoms and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 3.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were UBI Banca (MI:UBI), which rose 9.01% or 0.2180 points to trade at 2.6380 at the close. Leonardo Finmeccanica SpA (MI:LDOF) added 7.04% or 0.590 points to end at 8.970 and FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK) was up 6.45% or 0.35 points to 5.86 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII), which lost 2.37% or 0.082 points to trade at 3.374 in late trade. Unicredit (MI:CRDI) declined 1.52% or 0.0290 points to end at 1.8790 and Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) gained 0.10% or 0.02 points to 19.62.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 347 to 75 and 14 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 2.07% or 0.96 to $47.29 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.88% or 0.90 to hit $48.67 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.52% or 6.95 to trade at $1317.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.34% to 1.1063, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.8312.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 96.29.