Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Financials and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 1.23%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which rose 4.12% or 0.815 points to trade at 20.610 at the close. Meanwhile, CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) added 3.78% or 0.328 points to end at 9.000 and UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) was up 3.55% or 0.4980 points to 14.5140 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were A2A (MI:A2), which fell 2.37% or 0.036 points to trade at 1.506 at the close. Italgas SpA (MI:IG) declined 1.13% or 0.055 points to end at 4.827 and Salvatore Ferragamo SpA (MI:SFER) was down 0.98% or 0.20 points to 19.68.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 208 to 140 and 33 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.47% or 1.00 to $68.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.08% or 0.79 to hit $73.85 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1225.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.1681, while EUR/GBP fell 0.39% to 0.8890.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 94.41.