Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure, Financials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 1.32%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Azimut Holding (MILAN:AZMT), which rose 4.72% or 0.92 points to trade at 20.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Autogrill (MILAN:AGL) added 4.57% or 0.36 points to end at 8.24 and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MILAN:BMPS) was up 4.19% or 0.0760 points to 1.8910 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telecom Italia (MILAN:TLIT), which fell 0.81% or 0.0090 points to trade at 1.1070 at the close. Tod'S (MILAN:TOD) declined 0.19% or 0.15 points to end at 79.35 and World Duty Free SpA (MILAN:WDF) was down 0.10% or 0.010 points to 10.240.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 326 to 107 and 5 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.43% or 0.20 to $45.85 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 3.79% or 1.80 to hit $49.44 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.26% or 2.90 to trade at $1124.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1178, while EUR/GBP fell 0.53% to 0.7272.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 96.02.