Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Industrials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (MI:UNPI), which rose 1.94% or 0.074 points to trade at 3.890 at the close. Meanwhile, Prysmian (MI:PRY) added 1.83% or 0.45 points to end at 25.08 and Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) was up 1.69% or 0.35 points to 21.08 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were A2A (MI:A2), which fell 2.97% or 0.041 points to trade at 1.339 at the close. Saipem (MI:SPMI) declined 2.96% or 0.0130 points to end at 0.4264 and Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) was down 2.65% or 0.0220 points to 0.8080.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 198 to 155 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.69% or 0.35 to 21.08.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.65% or 0.83 to $51.07 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.94% or 1.03 to hit $54.15 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.35% or 4.35 to trade at $1258.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.0665, while EUR/GBP rose 0.40% to 0.8578.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 100.48.