ROME: Italy equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, Italy 40 rose 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI), which rose 2.70% or 0.062 points to trade at 2.356 at the close. Saipem (MI:SPMI) added 2.33% or 0.0098 points to end at 0.4311 and UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) was up 1.52% or 0.1900 points to 12.6500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Exor NV (MI:EXOR), which lost 2.14% or 0.98 points to trade at 44.73 in late trade. Campari (MI:CPRI) declined 2.10% or 0.20 points to end at 9.55 and Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) shed 1.71% or 0.39 points to 22.48.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 191 to 152 and 15 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.31% or 0.71 to $53.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.12% or 0.63 to hit $55.79 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1258.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.0623, while EUR/GBP rose 0.46% to 0.8548.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 100.86
