Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Financials and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT), which rose 7.30% or 1.04 points to trade at 15.28 at the close. Meanwhile, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) added 3.88% or 0.0100 points to end at 0.2678 and Brembo (MI:BRBI) was up 2.80% or 1.55 points to 56.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banca Popolare di Milano Scarl (MI:PMII), which fell 2.85% or 0.0104 points to trade at 0.3550 at the close. Banco Popolare Sc (MI:BAPO) declined 2.69% or 0.062 points to end at 2.240 and Saipem (MI:SPMI) was down 1.49% or 0.0056 points to 0.3711.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 197 to 197 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in Brembo (MI:BRBI) rose to all time highs; rising 2.80% or 1.55 to 56.90.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.51% or 0.23 to $45.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.07% or 0.03 to hit $46.18 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.08% or 1.05 to trade at $1278.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.1025, while EUR/GBP rose 0.02% to 0.8908.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 97.90.