Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Healthcare and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.21% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI), which rose 4.43% or 0.24 points to trade at 5.78 at the close. Banca Generali (MI:BGN) added 4.32% or 1.17 points to end at 28.24 and Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) was up 3.65% or 2.75 points to 78.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI), which lost 5.06% or 0.146 points to trade at 2.740 in late trade. UBI Banca (MI:UBI) declined 1.95% or 0.0780 points to end at 3.9240 and Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) shed 0.79% or 0.040 points to 5.050.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 249 to 118 and 15 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.12% or 0.52 to $45.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.07% or 0.53 to hit $48.81 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.75% or 9.16 to trade at $1217.94 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.45% to 1.0875, while EUR/GBP fell 0.40% to 0.8406.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 99.48.