Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Financials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 1.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Generali (MI:GASI), which rose 8.21% or 1.17 points to trade at 15.42 at the close. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) added 5.91% or 0.565 points to end at 10.120 and Mediobanca (MI:MDBI) was up 5.58% or 0.450 points to 8.520 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Intesa Sanpaolo (MI:ISP), which lost 4.42% or 0.106 points to trade at 2.292 in late trade. Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) declined 1.57% or 0.41 points to end at 25.73 and Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) shed 1.07% or 0.0090 points to 0.8310.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 187 to 142 and 22 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.25% or 0.66 to $53.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.83% or 0.46 to hit $55.69 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.24% or 2.95 to trade at $1212.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.0752, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8581.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 100.09.