Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Telecoms and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI), which rose 5.38% or 0.325 points to trade at 6.365 at the close. Meanwhile, Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) added 4.98% or 1.32 points to end at 27.80 and Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) was up 4.04% or 0.65 points to 16.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII), which fell 3.34% or 0.169 points to trade at 4.886 at the close. UBI Banca (MI:UBI) declined 2.80% or 0.1040 points to end at 3.6040 and Banco Popolare Sc (MI:BAPO) was down 2.74% or 0.1700 points to 6.0400.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 220 to 193 and 13 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.62% or 1.08 to $42.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 2.05% or 0.88 to hit $43.79 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.70% or 21.00 to trade at $1256.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.52% to 1.1372, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.7904.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.49% at 93.99.