Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure, Financials and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI), which rose 4.03% or 0.1580 points to trade at 4.0740 at the close. Meanwhile, Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) added 3.72% or 0.1240 points to end at 3.4580 and Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) was up 3.40% or 0.158 points to 4.806 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ferrari NV (MI:RACE), which fell 2.04% or 1.55 points to trade at 74.40 at the close. Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) declined 1.76% or 0.0145 points to end at 0.8085 and Prysmian (MI:PRY) was down 1.55% or 0.41 points to 25.98.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 186 to 160 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) rose to 52-week highs; up 4.03% or 0.1580 to 4.0740.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.02% or 0.01 to $47.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $49.65 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.39% or 4.74 to trade at $1223.94 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.12% to 1.1350, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8784.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 95.99.