Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 1.09%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which rose 10.82% or 0.3520 points to trade at 3.6040 at the close. Meanwhile, FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK) added 6.06% or 0.45 points to end at 7.79 and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) was up 5.08% or 0.720 points to 14.880 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI), which fell 4.11% or 0.60 points to trade at 14.00 at the close. Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) declined 0.91% or 0.0070 points to end at 0.7650 and Snam (MI:SRG) was down 0.52% or 0.022 points to 4.236.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 211 to 145 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 6.06% or 0.45 to 7.79.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.94% or 0.49 to $52.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.38% or 0.79 to hit $58.16 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.29% or 3.67 to trade at $1277.23 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.1764, while EUR/GBP rose 0.70% to 0.8964.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 93.81.