Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure, Healthcare and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Atlantia (MI:ATL), which rose 2.15% or 0.50 points to trade at 23.78 at the close. Meanwhile, UBI Banca (MI:UBI) added 2.02% or 0.0780 points to end at 3.9440 and STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) was up 1.82% or 0.270 points to 15.110 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which fell 4.19% or 0.435 points to trade at 9.955 at the close. Mediaset (MI:MS) declined 0.96% or 0.036 points to end at 3.718 and Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) was down 0.61% or 0.15 points to 24.25.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 230 to 125 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) rose to 5-year highs; up 1.82% or 0.270 to 15.110.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.06% or 0.52 to $48.32 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.85% or 0.44 to hit $51.08 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.94 to trade at $1256.44 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.0911, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8443.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 98.96.