Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Healthcare and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 1.03% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI), which rose 5.63% or 0.69 points to trade at 12.94 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) added 4.63% or 0.840 points to end at 18.970 and Recordati (MI:RECI) was up 4.05% or 1.20 points to 30.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Italgas SpA (MI:IG), which fell 1.12% or 0.060 points to trade at 5.306 at the close. A2A (MI:A2) declined 0.90% or 0.015 points to end at 1.653 and Banca Generali (MI:BGN) was down 0.52% or 0.14 points to 26.78.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 231 to 118 and 35 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.28% or 0.19 to $67.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.10% or 0.07 to hit $73.06 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.00 to trade at $1305.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.1956, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8790.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 92.52.