Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 2.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Finmeccanica (MI:SIFI), which rose 6.87% or 0.655 points to trade at 10.190 at the close. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) added 5.28% or 0.3350 points to end at 6.6800 and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) was up 5.02% or 0.0247 points to 0.5165 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI), which lost 0.41% or 0.025 points to trade at 6.110 in late trade. Saipem (MI:SPMI) unchanged 0.00% or 0.0000 points to end at 0.3800 and Italcementi (MI:ITAI) gained 0.19% or 0.020 points to 10.340.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 337 to 86 and 8 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 2.31% or 0.78 to $34.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.39% or 0.51 to hit $37.08 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.28% or 3.40 to trade at $1231.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.0848, while EUR/GBP fell 0.50% to 0.7776.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 98.50.