Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 1.54%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Prysmian (MI:PRY), which rose 3.85% or 0.78 points to trade at 21.04 at the close. Meanwhile, Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) added 3.31% or 0.0208 points to end at 0.6490 and UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA (MI:US) was up 3.16% or 0.060 points to 1.960 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Recordati (MI:RECI), which fell 3.99% or 1.19 points to trade at 28.63 at the close. Mediaset (MI:MS) declined 2.61% or 0.069 points to end at 2.571 and Salvatore Ferragamo SpA (MI:SFER) was down 0.77% or 0.16 points to 20.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 243 to 103 and 35 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mediaset (MI:MS) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.61% or 0.069 to 2.571.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.14% or 0.10 to $73.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $77.28 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.07% or 13.30 to trade at $1255.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.1646, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8845.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 94.44.