Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Technology and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Moncler SpA (MI:MONC), which rose 4.50% or 0.64 points to trade at 14.86 at the close. Meanwhile, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) added 4.01% or 0.2400 points to end at 6.2300 and Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) was up 2.18% or 0.53 points to 24.82 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tenaris (MI:TENR), which fell 2.22% or 0.2800 points to trade at 12.3200 at the close. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) declined 1.89% or 0.0061 points to end at 0.3170 and ENI (MI:ENI) was down 0.96% or 0.1400 points to 14.3700.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 226 to 91 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.86% or 0.39 to $45.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.31% or 0.61 to hit $47.27 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.04% or 13.85 to trade at $1318.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.1004, while EUR/GBP fell 0.67% to 0.8351.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 97.20.