Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.50% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which rose 4.40% or 0.636 points to trade at 15.088 at the close. Meanwhile, Salvatore Ferragamo SpA (MI:SFER) added 4.07% or 0.82 points to end at 20.98 and Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) was up 3.69% or 0.1690 points to 4.7510 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which fell 4.06% or 0.645 points to trade at 15.260 at the close. Prysmian (MI:PRY) declined 3.45% or 0.75 points to end at 21.00 and Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST) was down 1.56% or 0.112 points to 7.052.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 191 to 161 and 34 ended unchanged.
Shares in STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.06% or 0.645 to 15.260. Shares in Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.69% or 0.1690 to 4.7510.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.85% or 1.28 to $70.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.81% or 0.64 to hit $79.70 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.62% or 7.50 to trade at $1209.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.1625, while EUR/GBP rose 0.13% to 0.8917.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 94.84.