Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Telecoms and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 1.48% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT), which rose 3.80% or 0.68 points to trade at 18.59 at the close. Meanwhile, Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) added 3.66% or 2.85 points to end at 80.80 and Banca Generali (MI:BGN) was up 3.48% or 0.95 points to 28.23 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI), which fell 1.79% or 0.0740 points to trade at 4.0620 at the close. Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) declined 0.39% or 0.09 points to end at 22.95 and Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) was down 0.24% or 0.06 points to 25.17.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 250 to 107 and 13 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.44% or 0.65 to $45.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.97% or 0.46 to hit $47.98 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.47% or 5.71 to trade at $1220.41 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.47% to 1.1412, while EUR/GBP fell 0.80% to 0.8855.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 95.53.