Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Financials and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.82% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which rose 4.32% or 0.610 points to trade at 14.730 at the close. Meanwhile, Saipem (MI:SPMI) added 3.04% or 0.0122 points to end at 0.4136 and Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) was up 3.03% or 0.082 points to 2.792 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Atlantia (MI:ATL), which fell 2.56% or 0.59 points to trade at 22.50 at the close. Snam (MI:SRG) declined 2.22% or 0.092 points to end at 4.058 and Terna (MI:TRN) was down 1.69% or 0.080 points to 4.640.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 250 to 110 and 8 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.47% or 0.23 to $49.00 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.35% or 0.18 to hit $51.95 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.97% or 12.43 to trade at $1265.07 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.72% to 1.0945, while EUR/GBP rose 0.35% to 0.8524.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 98.63.