Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities, Industrials and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.87%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Recordati (MI:RECI), which rose 3.65% or 1.08 points to trade at 30.66 at the close. Meanwhile, Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) added 2.90% or 0.38 points to end at 13.32 and Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF) was up 2.79% or 0.295 points to 10.860 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII), which fell 1.30% or 0.049 points to trade at 3.715 at the close. Luxottica Group SpA (MI:LUX) declined 0.91% or 0.54 points to end at 58.52 and Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) was down 0.80% or 0.31 points to 38.31.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 208 to 156 and 26 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.30% or 0.049 to 3.715.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.36% or 0.27 to $75.50 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.63% or 0.53 to hit $85.33 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.32% or 3.90 to trade at $1203.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.23% to 1.1521, while EUR/GBP fell 0.33% to 0.8868.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 95.35.