Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Telecoms and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Italgas SpA (MI:IG), which rose 2.14% or 0.104 points to trade at 4.974 at the close. Meanwhile, FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK) added 1.01% or 0.10 points to end at 10.01 and A2A (MI:A2) was up 0.88% or 0.013 points to 1.546 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF), which fell 2.04% or 0.202 points to trade at 9.720 at the close. Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI) declined 1.74% or 0.23 points to end at 13.00 and Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) was down 1.62% or 0.39 points to 23.65.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 194 to 147 and 44 ended unchanged.
Shares in Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.04% or 0.202 to 9.720.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.22% or 0.14 to $64.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.10% or 0.07 to hit $68.45 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.34% or 4.60 to trade at $1340.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.19% to 1.2427, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8760.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 88.91.