Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Telecoms and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT), which rose 3.04% or 0.0260 points to trade at 0.8802 at the close. Meanwhile, Tenaris (MI:TENR) added 2.83% or 0.41 points to end at 14.70 and CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) was up 2.70% or 0.258 points to 9.808 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI), which fell 1.38% or 0.040 points to trade at 2.865 at the close. A2A (MI:A2) declined 1.28% or 0.021 points to end at 1.579 and Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) was down 1.08% or 0.36 points to 33.03.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 200 to 153 and 31 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.89% or 1.83 to $65.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 2.93% or 2.01 to hit $70.66 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 3.00 to trade at $1343.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.2344, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8713.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 89.39.