Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms , Utilities and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Telecom Italia (BIT: TLIT ), which rose 2.29% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.33 at the close. Meanwhile, Italgas SpA (BIT: IG ) added 2.23% or 0.16 points to end at 7.09 and Inwit (BIT: INWT ) was up 2.19% or 0.22 points to 10.28 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Prysmian SpA (BIT: PRY ), which fell 3.31% or 1.46 points to trade at 42.65 at the close. Banca Mediolanum SpA (BIT: BMED ) declined 2.06% or 0.26 points to end at 12.37 and Buzzi Unicem (BIT: BZU ) was down 1.91% or 0.84 points to 43.12.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 276 to 247 and 36 ended unchanged.
Shares in Telecom Italia (BIT: TLIT ) rose to 3-years highs; up 2.29% or 0.01 to 0.33. Shares in Italgas SpA (BIT: IG ) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.23% or 0.16 to 7.09.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 3.00% or 1.87 to $64.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 2.54% or 1.68 to hit $67.94 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 3.25 to trade at $3,428.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.43% to 1.15, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.46% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 98.38.