Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Industrials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI), which rose 5.88% or 0.166 points to trade at 2.990 at the close. Meanwhile, Prysmian (MI:PRY) added 2.51% or 0.61 points to end at 24.93 and Italgas SpA (MI:IG) was up 1.84% or 0.08 points to 4.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT), which fell 1.55% or 0.0135 points to trade at 0.8575 at the close. Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (MI:UNPI) declined 1.52% or 0.060 points to end at 3.888 and Snam (MI:SRG) was down 0.77% or 0.032 points to 4.122.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 207 to 153 and 11 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.18% or 0.09 to $51.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.09% or 0.05 to hit $53.92 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.55% or 6.93 to trade at $1254.47 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.39% to 1.1193, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8626.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 97.18.