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

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 1.02%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Popolare di Sondrio ScpA (BIT: BPSI ), which rose 7.03% or 0.51 points to trade at 7.69 at the close. Meanwhile, Saipem SpA (BIT: SPMI ) added 2.83% or 0.07 points to end at 2.50 and Prysmian SpA (BIT: PRY ) was up 2.09% or 1.32 points to 64.36 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nexi SpA (BIT: NEXII ), which fell 3.79% or 0.22 points to trade at 5.69 at the close. Italgas SpA (BIT: IG ) declined 1.62% or 0.09 points to end at 5.47 and Azimut Holding SpA (BIT: AZMT ) was down 1.59% or 0.38 points to 23.53.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 284 to 244 and 35 ended unchanged.

Shares in Saipem SpA (BIT: SPMI ) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.83% or 0.07 to 2.50.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.89% or 1.97 to $70.07 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 2.60% or 1.87 to hit $73.70 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 11.61 to trade at $2,670.11 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.20% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 106.24.