Italy stocks higher at close of trade; Investing.com Italy 40 up 0.60%

Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Industrials and Oil&Gas sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.60%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Nexi SpA (BIT:NEXII), which rose 4.87% or 0.30 points to trade at 6.37 at the close. Meanwhile, Iveco Group NV (BIT:IVG) added 4.51% or 0.39 points to end at 9.14 and Tenaris SA (BIT:TENR) was up 3.04% or 0.39 points to 13.21 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Leonardo SpA (BIT:LDOF), which fell 4.48% or 0.93 points to trade at 19.85 at the close. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (BIT:BMPS) declined 1.52% or 0.08 points to end at 4.92 and Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:CPRI) was down 0.79% or 0.06 points to 7.54.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 339 to 138 and 45 ended unchanged.

Shares in Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:CPRI) fell to 3-years lows; down 0.79% or 0.06 to 7.54.

Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.72% or 1.19 to $70.21 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.43% or 1.04 to hit $73.79 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.73% or 19.15 to trade at $2,589.75 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.13% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.28% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 100.61.