Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Oil&Gas and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Pirelli&C SPA (MI:PIRC), which rose 4.34% or 0.31 points to trade at 7.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) added 2.44% or 0.0830 points to end at 3.4900 and Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) was up 1.71% or 0.0740 points to 4.4000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA (MI:US), which fell 1.92% or 0.042 points to trade at 2.140 at the close. Mediobanca (MI:MDBI) declined 0.72% or 0.072 points to end at 9.958 and Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI) was down 0.66% or 0.08 points to 12.12.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 213 to 148 and 32 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.14% or 0.10 to $70.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.86% or 0.67 to hit $78.90 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.97% or 26.00 to trade at $1292.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.45% to 1.1873, while EUR/GBP fell 0.22% to 0.8781.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 92.94.
