Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure, Healthcare and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.57%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Atlantia (MI:ATL), which rose 2.15% or 0.50 points to trade at 23.78 at the close. UBI Banca (MI:UBI) added 2.02% or 0.0780 points to end at 3.9440 and STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) was up 1.82% or 0.270 points to 15.110 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which lost 4.19% or 0.435 points to trade at 9.955 in late trade. Mediaset (MI:MS) declined 0.96% or 0.036 points to end at 3.718 and Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) shed 0.61% or 0.15 points to 24.25.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 230 to 125 and 22 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.09% or 0.53 to $48.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.85% or 0.44 to hit $51.08 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.86 to trade at $1256.36 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.0911, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8443.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 98.96.