Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure, Financials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 1.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which rose 6.97% or 0.2990 points to trade at 4.5860 at the close. Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) added 4.07% or 0.1290 points to end at 3.2990 and Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (MI:ISP) was up 3.39% or 0.073 points to 2.243 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI), which lost 1.61% or 0.12 points to trade at 7.66 in late trade. Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) declined 0.97% or 0.37 points to end at 37.81 and Salvatore Ferragamo SpA (MI:SFER) shed 0.23% or 0.04 points to 19.48.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 261 to 76 and 32 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.07% or 0.70 to $66.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.68% or 0.49 to hit $72.70 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.10 to trade at $1196.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.48% to 1.1537, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8965.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 95.37.