Italian equity markets ended Tuesday's session in positive territory, led by gains in the Financials, Technology and Industrials sectors. At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.86%.
Top movers
The session's strongest performance on the Investing.com Italy 40 came from Avio SpA (BIT:AVI), which climbed 6.68% or 1.97 points to close at 31.45. Saipem SpA (BIT:SPMI) added 3.77% or 0.16 points to finish at 4.41, while Bper Banca SpA (BIT:EMII) ended the day up 3.06% or 0.41 points at 13.73.
Largest decliners
Among the laggards, DiaSorin SpA (BIT:DIAS) fell 3.14% or 2.20 points to close at 67.76. Italgas SpA (BIT:IG) slipped 1.75% or 0.18 points to 10.14 and Tenaris SA (BIT:TENR) was down 1.59% or 0.39 points at 24.21.
Market breadth
Rising issues outweighed decliners on the Milan Stock Exchange, with 400 stocks higher versus 292 lower; 44 securities finished unchanged.
Commodities and futures
Commodities trading showed mixed moves. Crude oil for August delivery declined 1.22% or 0.86 to $69.89 a barrel. Brent oil for September delivery fell 0.60% or 0.44 to $73.47 a barrel. The August Gold Futures contract gained 0.10% or 4.22 to trade at $4,043.12 a troy ounce.
Foreign exchange and index futures
In currency markets, EUR/USD was essentially unchanged at 1.14, moving 0.08% and EUR/GBP was unchanged at 0.86, moving 0.07%. The US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.10% to 100.98.
This session's price action left Italy's benchmark higher on the day, powered by select gains across several cyclical and financial names, while commodity and currency markets posted modest, varied moves that accompanied the equity advance.