Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 1.15% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Amplifon (MI:AMPF), which rose 4.51% or 0.710 points to trade at 16.470 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Bpm SpA (MI:BAMI) added 3.61% or 0.059 points to end at 1.704 and Pirelli & C SPA (MI:PIRC) was up 3.57% or 0.21 points to 5.98 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which fell 1.04% or 0.145 points to trade at 13.810 at the close. Enel (MI:ENEI) declined 0.19% or 0.010 points to end at 5.174 and Azimut Holding SpA (MI:AZMT) was up 0.04% or 0.01 points to 11.18.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 256 to 106 and 38 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.26% or 0.69 to $53.87 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.50% or 0.31 to hit $62.20 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.85 to trade at $1318.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.21% to 1.1410, while EUR/GBP rose 0.44% to 0.8810.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 95.805.