Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 1.39%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI), which rose 3.59% or 0.26 points to trade at 7.36 at the close. Meanwhile, Pirelli & C SPA (MI:PIRC) added 3.42% or 0.21 points to end at 6.48 and Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST) was up 3.31% or 0.214 points to 6.684 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI), which fell 2.54% or 0.25 points to trade at 9.60 at the close. STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) declined 1.23% or 0.165 points to end at 13.275 and Tenaris (MI:TENR) was down 0.93% or 0.12 points to 13.29.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 253 to 100 and 29 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.48% or 0.30 to $61.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.10% or 0.07 to hit $72.20 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.46% or 5.60 to trade at $1229.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.31% to 1.1462, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8716.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 95.75.