Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the FTSE Italia Technology, FTSE Italia All Share Travel & Leisure and FTSE Italia All Share Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 1.33% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Ferrari NV (BIT:RACE), which rose 8.04% or 33.40 points to trade at 448.70 at the close. STMicroelectronics (BIT:STMMI) added 2.27% or 0.48 points to end at 21.64 and Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (BIT:ISP) was up 1.93% or 0.08 points to 4.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Prysmian SpA (BIT:PRY), which fell 2.85% or 1.88 points to trade at 64.08 in late trade. Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:CPRI) declined 2.54% or 0.14 points to end at 5.38 and Leonardo SpA (BIT:LDOF) down 1.24% or 0.38 points to 30.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 271 to 252 and 48 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
Shares in Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (BIT:ISP) rose to 5-year highs; rising 1.93% or 0.08 to 4.25.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.23% or 0.17 to $72.99 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.63% or 0.48 to hit $76.44 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.46% or 13.24 to trade at $2,870.34 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.29% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.08% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.90% at 107.90.