Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Utilities and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.83%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI), which rose 4.80% or 0.146 points to trade at 3.190 at the close. Meanwhile, Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) added 3.90% or 0.1600 points to end at 4.2600 and Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII) was up 3.49% or 0.156 points to 4.628 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which fell 3.62% or 0.1320 points to trade at 3.5140 at the close. Tenaris (MI:TENR) declined 1.54% or 0.18 points to end at 11.52 and Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) was down 0.72% or 0.13 points to 18.01.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 231 to 136 and 16 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.20% or 0.10 to $51.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.21% or 0.12 to hit $56.49 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.47% or 6.05 to trade at $1287.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.30% to 1.1843, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.8965.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 92.92.