Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 3.43%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII), which rose 6.79% or 0.440 points to trade at 6.920 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Popolare Sc (MI:BAPO) added 6.71% or 0.7800 points to end at 12.4000 and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) was up 6.33% or 0.0730 points to 1.2270 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI), which fell 0.31% or 0.020 points to trade at 6.420 at the close. Italcementi (MI:ITAI) declined 0.20% or 0.020 points to end at 10.160 and Snam (MI:SRG) was up 0.56% or 0.026 points to 4.690.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 333 to 97 and 3 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 3.91% or 1.42 to $37.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 3.62% or 1.38 to hit $39.54 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.17% or 1.80 to trade at $1065.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.74% to 1.0912, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.7249.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.56% at 98.29.