Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Chemicals and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.45% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI), which rose 3.14% or 0.5400 points to trade at 17.7200 at the close. Banca Popolare dell’Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) added 3.09% or 0.144 points to end at 4.804 and Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) was up 3.01% or 0.094 points to 3.220 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Snam (MI:SRG), which lost 1.37% or 0.058 points to trade at 4.170 in late trade. Terna (MI:TRN) declined 1.19% or 0.060 points to end at 5.000 and Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) shed 1.13% or 0.07 points to 6.15.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 212 to 157 and 14 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.21% or 0.10 to $48.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.65% or 0.35 to hit $54.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.23% or 3.02 to trade at $1332.68 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.1968, while EUR/GBP fell 0.73% to 0.9015.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 91.87.