Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Industrials and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Mediobanca (MI:MDBI), which rose 3.55% or 0.225 points to trade at 6.565 at the close. Meanwhile, CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) added 3.33% or 0.215 points to end at 6.670 and Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) was up 1.99% or 0.070 points to 3.590 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Popolare Sc (MI:BAPO), which fell 1.89% or 0.0440 points to trade at 2.2840 at the close. Banca Popolare di Milano Scarl (MI:PMII) declined 1.67% or 0.0067 points to end at 0.3950 and A2A (MI:A2) was down 1.43% or 0.018 points to 1.242.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 265 to 133 and 27 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.56% or 0.24 to $42.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.75% or 0.34 to hit $45.05 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.35% or 4.65 to trade at $1345.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.1108, while EUR/GBP rose 0.49% to 0.8545.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.18% at 96.12.