Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were A2A (MI:A2), which rose 4.26% or 0.048 points to trade at 1.176 at the close. Meanwhile, Luxottica Group (MI:LUX) added 2.74% or 1.31 points to end at 49.06 and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) was up 2.71% or 0.0125 points to 0.4745 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Popolare Sc (MI:BAPO), which fell 3.38% or 0.1660 points to trade at 4.7440 at the close. CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) declined 2.59% or 0.145 points to end at 5.445 and Banca Mediolanum SpA (MI:BMED) was down 2.12% or 0.145 points to 6.680.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 219 to 182 and 21 ended unchanged.
Shares in Banco Popolare Sc (MI:BAPO) fell to 3-years lows; down 3.38% or 0.1660 to 4.7440.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 5.15% or 1.85 to $37.74 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 5.20% or 1.97 to hit $39.84 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.38% or 4.70 to trade at $1224.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.34% to 1.1423, while EUR/GBP rose 0.41% to 0.8072.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.30% at 94.33.