Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.74%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Saipem SpA (BIT:SPMI), which rose 3.35% or 0.07 points to trade at 2.07 at the close. Meanwhile, Ferrari NV (BIT:RACE) added 2.54% or 10.70 points to end at 431.40 and Recordati (BIT:RECI) was up 2.37% or 1.20 points to 51.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telecom Italia (BIT:TLIT), which unchanged 0.73% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.23 at the close. Hera (BIT:HRA) declined 0.59% or 0.02 points to end at 3.38 and Snam SpA (BIT:SRG) was down 0.41% or 0.02 points to 4.37.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 284 to 176 and 59 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ferrari NV (BIT:RACE) rose to all time highs; rising 2.54% or 10.70 to 431.40.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.04% or 0.76 to $72.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.79% or 0.61 to hit $76.59 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 4.85 to trade at $2,545.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.15% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.18% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 101.05.