Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.79% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which rose 5.27% or 0.1900 points to trade at 3.7980 at the close. Meanwhile, CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) added 2.55% or 0.280 points to end at 11.250 and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) was up 2.09% or 0.310 points to 15.150 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI), which fell 1.24% or 0.09 points to trade at 6.79 at the close. Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) declined 0.71% or 0.17 points to end at 23.76 and Luxottica Group (MI:LUX) was down 0.53% or 0.26 points to 48.98.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 234 to 126 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.55% or 0.280 to 11.250.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.18% or 0.10 to $54.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.15% or 0.09 to hit $60.85 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.57% or 7.19 to trade at $1277.69 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.17% to 1.1626, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8763.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 94.63.