Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Exor NV (MI:EXOR), which rose 1.22% or 0.55 points to trade at 45.59 at the close. Meanwhile, Prysmian (MI:PRY) added 1.11% or 0.26 points to end at 23.60 and Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) was up 1.06% or 0.65 points to 62.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII), which fell 4.20% or 0.192 points to trade at 4.380 at the close. Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) declined 2.48% or 0.57 points to end at 22.45 and UBI Banca (MI:UBI) was down 2.33% or 0.0760 points to 3.1820.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 168 to 162 and 18 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.26% or 0.14 to $53.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.12% or 0.07 to hit $56.08 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.65% or 7.95 to trade at $1217.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.01% to 1.0581, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8667.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 101.72.