Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.76% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI), which rose 4.78% or 0.130 points to trade at 2.852 at the close. Meanwhile, Intesa Sanpaolo (MI:ISP) added 4.58% or 0.130 points to end at 2.970 and Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII) was up 3.98% or 0.172 points to 4.492 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were A2A (MI:A2), which fell 2.80% or 0.044 points to trade at 1.529 at the close. Pirelli & C SPA (MI:PIRC) declined 2.45% or 0.19 points to end at 7.75 and Snam (MI:SRG) was down 2.12% or 0.088 points to 4.054.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 212 to 148 and 32 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.60% or 0.38 to $63.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.20% or 0.14 to hit $68.96 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 3.60 to trade at $1317.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.1961, while EUR/GBP rose 0.40% to 0.8851.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 92.02.