Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Telecoms and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.25% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Mediaset (MI:MS), which rose 2.79% or 0.112 points to trade at 4.122 at the close. Meanwhile, Saipem (MI:SPMI) added 1.66% or 0.0085 points to end at 0.5215 and Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) was up 1.46% or 0.0125 points to 0.8700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banca Popolare di Milano Scarl (MI:PMII), which fell 3.95% or 0.0158 points to trade at 0.3842 at the close. Banco Popolare Sc (MI:BAPO) declined 3.70% or 0.094 points to end at 2.446 and UBI Banca (MI:UBI) was down 0.57% or 0.0160 points to 2.7740.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 215 to 107 and 21 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.58% or 0.84 to $53.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.47% or 0.82 to hit $56.72 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.37% or 4.15 to trade at $1137.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.0457, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8533.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 103.03.