Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Utilities and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.02% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Luxottica Group SpA (MI:LUX), which rose 2.00% or 1.14 points to trade at 58.22 at the close. Meanwhile, Pirelli & C SPA (MI:PIRC) added 1.38% or 0.10 points to end at 7.19 and Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) was up 1.17% or 0.09 points to 7.38 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT), which fell 2.01% or 0.0112 points to trade at 0.5468 at the close. STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) declined 1.64% or 0.270 points to end at 16.175 and Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (MI:ISP) was down 1.52% or 0.037 points to 2.433.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 179 to 174 and 39 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.62% or 0.45 to $71.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.25% or 0.20 to hit $81.06 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.55% or 6.60 to trade at $1198.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.18% to 1.1746, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8917.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 93.85.