Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 1.63%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Recordati (MI:RECI), which rose 3.28% or 0.95 points to trade at 29.93 at the close. Meanwhile, Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI) added 2.78% or 0.34 points to end at 12.58 and Italgas SpA (MI:IG) was up 2.68% or 0.119 points to 4.555 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tenaris (MI:TENR), which fell 1.15% or 0.17 points to trade at 14.16 at the close. Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) declined 0.72% or 0.15 points to end at 20.82 and CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) was down 0.14% or 0.015 points to 10.850.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 214 to 124 and 33 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 2.11% or 1.32 to $61.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.95% or 1.28 to hit $64.51 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.80% or 10.70 to trade at $1324.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.2397, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8927.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 89.68.