Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 2.01%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Finmeccanica (MI:SIFI), which rose 5.43% or 0.680 points to trade at 13.210 at the close. Meanwhile, Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) added 4.20% or 0.69 points to end at 17.13 and Prysmian (MI:PRY) was up 4.02% or 0.78 points to 20.19 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which fell 0.54% or 0.0080 points to trade at 1.4640 at the close. Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) declined 0.07% or 0.01 points to end at 14.90 and Campari (MI:CPRI) was up 0.37% or 0.03 points to 8.11.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 341 to 83 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) rose to 5-year highs; up 4.20% or 0.69 to 17.13. Shares in Campari (MI:CPRI) rose to all time highs; up 0.37% or 0.03 to 8.11.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.25% or 0.94 to $40.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.69% or 0.76 to hit $43.80 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.52% or 16.50 to trade at $1067.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.41% to 1.0643, while EUR/GBP fell 0.53% to 0.6993.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 99.74.