Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Travel & Leisure and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.20% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI), which rose 2.16% or 0.30 points to trade at 14.17 at the close. Meanwhile, Banca Popolare dell’Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) added 1.94% or 0.090 points to end at 4.720 and A2A (MI:A2) was up 1.87% or 0.027 points to 1.472 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT), which fell 1.77% or 0.0145 points to trade at 0.8025 at the close. Mediaset (MI:MS) declined 1.56% or 0.046 points to end at 2.894 and Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) was down 1.17% or 0.29 points to 24.56.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 180 to 180 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.93% or 0.47 to $49.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.88% or 0.49 to hit $54.99 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.17 to trade at $1310.97 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.11% to 1.1968, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.8879.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 91.79.