Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Technology and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 1.84%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII), which rose 5.19% or 0.236 points to trade at 4.783 at the close. Meanwhile, Recordati (MI:RECI) added 4.90% or 1.45 points to end at 31.07 and Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF) was up 4.66% or 0.392 points to 8.802 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mediobanca (MI:MDBI), which fell 0.80% or 0.078 points to trade at 9.718 at the close. Prysmian (MI:PRY) declined 0.65% or 0.17 points to end at 26.07 and Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI) was down 0.33% or 0.04 points to 12.06.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 207 to 141 and 30 ended unchanged.
Shares in Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI) fell to 52-week lows; down 0.33% or 0.04 to 12.06.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.34% or 0.20 to $59.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.53% or 0.33 to hit $63.05 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.45% or 19.30 to trade at $1349.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.36% to 1.2396, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8883.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 89.25.