Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.84%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Atlantia (MI:ATL), which rose 2.64% or 0.65 points to trade at 25.30 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) added 2.53% or 0.470 points to end at 19.075 and Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) was up 2.43% or 2.34 points to 98.46 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER), which fell 1.12% or 0.25 points to trade at 22.06 at the close. Mediobanca (MI:MDBI) declined 0.65% or 0.062 points to end at 9.492 and Snam (MI:SRG) was down 0.53% or 0.019 points to 3.583.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 244 to 109 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.08% or 0.05 to $65.50 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.14% or 0.10 to hit $69.62 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.80% or 10.90 to trade at $1344.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.2412, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8764.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 88.93.