Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Financials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI), which rose 2.77% or 0.4000 points to trade at 14.8660 at the close. Meanwhile, Recordati (MI:RECI) added 2.74% or 0.92 points to end at 34.48 and Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) was up 2.71% or 0.069 points to 2.599 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Salvatore Ferragamo SpA (MI:SFER), which fell 8.44% or 2.07 points to trade at 22.46 at the close. Prysmian (MI:PRY) declined 2.17% or 0.53 points to end at 23.90 and CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) was down 2.06% or 0.194 points to 9.236.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 191 to 160 and 29 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.18% or 0.12 to $65.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.17% or 0.88 to hit $74.20 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 3.30 to trade at $1275.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1590, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8783.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 94.67.