Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Industrials and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.92% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI), which rose 6.10% or 0.58 points to trade at 10.18 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) added 5.36% or 0.610 points to end at 12.000 and Prysmian SpA (MI:PRY) was up 3.95% or 0.70 points to 18.43 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI), which fell 2.47% or 0.19 points to trade at 7.50 at the close. Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) declined 2.03% or 0.0103 points to end at 0.4959 and Juventus Football Club (MI:JUVE) was down 1.05% or 0.0130 points to 1.2200.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 242 to 125 and 32 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 4.38% or 2.18 to $51.96 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 3.92% or 2.30 to hit $61.02 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.40 to trade at $1289.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.78% to 1.1529, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.9030.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.61% at 94.900.