Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Travel & Leisure and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP), which rose 2.06% or 0.56 points to trade at 27.80 at the close. Meanwhile, CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) added 1.20% or 0.080 points to end at 6.750 and Leonardo Finmeccanica SpA (MI:LDOF) was up 1.18% or 0.115 points to 9.825 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER), which fell 1.40% or 0.29 points to trade at 20.43 at the close. STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) declined 1.28% or 0.085 points to end at 6.565 and Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) was down 1.22% or 0.19 points to 15.42.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 199 to 181 and 37 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.75% or 0.75 to $42.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.49% or 0.67 to hit $44.31 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.37% or 5.05 to trade at $1351.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.53% to 1.1174, while EUR/GBP rose 0.44% to 0.8589.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.48% at 95.60.