Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Utilities and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 4.04% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Unicredit (MI:CRDI), which rose 12.81% or 0.2580 points to trade at 2.2720 at the close. Meanwhile, Mediobanca (MI:MDBI) added 9.94% or 0.640 points to end at 7.080 and UBI Banca (MI:UBI) was up 9.70% or 0.2000 points to 2.2620 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Luxottica Group (MI:LUX), which fell 0.30% or 0.15 points to trade at 50.20 at the close. Tenaris (MI:TENR) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 15.94 and CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) was up 0.36% or 0.030 points to 8.375.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 348 to 66 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tenaris (MI:TENR) unchanged to 52-week highs; unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to 15.94. Shares in CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 0.36% or 0.030 to 8.375.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.80% or 0.93 to $50.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.69% or 0.93 to hit $54.01 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.52% or 6.15 to trade at $1170.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.55% to 1.0705, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8448.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.42% at 100.58.