Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 3.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which rose 10.51% or 0.0585 points to trade at 0.6150 at the close. Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) added 7.88% or 0.336 points to end at 4.602 and Intesa Sanpaolo (MI:ISP) was up 6.08% or 0.1320 points to 2.3040 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT), which lost 2.35% or 0.0195 points to trade at 0.8100 in late trade. Italcementi (MI:ITAI) added 0.29% or 0.030 points to end at 10.450 and Luxottica Group (MI:LUX) gained 0.81% or 0.40 points to 49.66.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 300 to 112 and 16 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.94% or 0.45 to $48.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.52% or 0.25 to hit $48.60 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.73% or 21.65 to trade at $1229.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.66% to 1.1147, while EUR/GBP fell 1.68% to 0.7617.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.35% at 95.56.