Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Technology and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU), which rose 3.66% or 0.77 points to trade at 21.82 at the close. Meanwhile, Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) added 3.01% or 0.0210 points to end at 0.7186 and STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) was up 2.64% or 0.475 points to 18.465 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Recordati (MI:RECI), which fell 2.15% or 0.66 points to trade at 30.02 at the close. Pirelli & C SPA (MI:PIRC) declined 1.41% or 0.11 points to end at 7.42 and Italgas SpA (MI:IG) was down 1.09% or 0.048 points to 4.360.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 172 to 167 and 30 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.06% or 0.65 to $62.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.14% or 0.09 to hit $65.58 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.62% or 22.00 to trade at $1334.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.47% to 1.2349, while EUR/GBP fell 0.61% to 0.8807.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 89.52.