Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which rose 7.32% or 1.208 points to trade at 17.710 at the close. Meanwhile, Mediaset (MI:MS) added 6.43% or 0.200 points to end at 3.312 and Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) was up 6.38% or 1.97 points to 32.87 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which fell 2.97% or 0.535 points to trade at 17.450 at the close. Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF) declined 2.24% or 0.210 points to end at 9.168 and Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) was down 1.79% or 0.0570 points to 3.1250.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 227 to 144 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) rose to all time highs; rising 6.38% or 1.97 to 32.87.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.81% or 0.51 to $63.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.67% or 0.45 to hit $68.09 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.72% or 9.70 to trade at $1337.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.28% to 1.2268, while EUR/GBP fell 0.45% to 0.8721.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 89.83.