Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities, Financials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Moncler SpA (MI:MONC), which rose 3.14% or 0.80 points to trade at 26.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF) added 1.81% or 0.200 points to end at 11.270 and A2A (MI:A2) was up 1.35% or 0.021 points to 1.577 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII), which fell 1.95% or 0.088 points to trade at 4.422 at the close. Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) declined 1.63% or 0.0120 points to end at 0.7245 and Pirelli & C SPA (MI:PIRC) was down 1.39% or 0.11 points to 7.82.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 200 to 141 and 44 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.46% or 0.29 to $64.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.43% or 0.30 to hit $69.45 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.31% or 4.10 to trade at $1333.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.23% to 1.2233, while EUR/GBP fell 0.48% to 0.8845.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 90.37.