Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Utilities and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 1.88%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Prysmian (MI:PRY), which rose 5.00% or 0.80 points to trade at 16.68 at the close. Meanwhile, Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (MI:ISP) added 4.08% or 0.079 points to end at 2.013 and Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST) was up 4.03% or 0.264 points to 6.822 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Salvatore Ferragamo SpA (MI:SFER), which fell 7.32% or 1.44 points to trade at 18.24 at the close. Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) declined 0.34% or 0.32 points to end at 93.12 and Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) was up 0.22% or 0.0080 points to 3.7270.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 235 to 118 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.93% or 0.48 to $52.13 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.10% or 0.66 to hit $60.86 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 2.55 to trade at $1249.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.41% to 1.1363, while EUR/GBP fell 0.81% to 0.8990.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 97.032.