Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals , Telecoms and Financials sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 1.08%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario SpA (BIT: MDBI ), which rose 5.27% or 0.92 points to trade at 18.37 at the close. Meanwhile, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (BIT: BMPS ) added 3.77% or 0.28 points to end at 7.63 and Leonardo SpA (BIT: LDOF ) was up 3.08% or 1.35 points to 45.20 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Prysmian SpA (BIT: PRY ), which fell 1.19% or 0.57 points to trade at 47.48 at the close. Moncler SpA (BIT: MONC ) declined 1.14% or 0.62 points to end at 53.98 and Interpump Group (BIT: ITPG ) was down 0.92% or 0.28 points to 30.02.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 310 to 214 and 45 ended unchanged.

Shares in Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario SpA (BIT: MDBI ) rose to all time highs; rising 5.27% or 0.92 to 18.37.

Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.26% or 1.40 to $60.65 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 2.13% or 1.38 to hit $63.41 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.72% or 23.99 to trade at $3,323.71 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.15% to 1.14, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.11% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 98.89.