Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 1.31% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which rose 3.70% or 0.698 points to trade at 19.578 at the close. Meanwhile, CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) added 2.96% or 0.294 points to end at 10.230 and Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) was up 2.91% or 0.085 points to 2.990 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT), which fell 1.60% or 0.0136 points to trade at 0.8382 at the close. Pirelli & C SPA (MI:PIRC) declined 1.10% or 0.08 points to end at 7.17 and Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) was down 0.12% or 0.0040 points to 3.2260.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 240 to 107 and 31 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.05% or 0.03 to $66.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.13% or 0.09 to hit $71.33 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 2.80 to trade at $1347.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.2349, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8640.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 89.32.