Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Financials and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 2.08% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which rose 10.79% or 2.0400 points to trade at 20.9400 at the close. Meanwhile, Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) added 10.41% or 0.446 points to end at 4.730 and Unicredit (MI:CRDI) was up 9.42% or 0.2140 points to 2.4860 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Luxottica Group (MI:LUX), which fell 1.39% or 0.70 points to trade at 49.50 at the close. A2A (MI:A2) declined 1.35% or 0.016 points to end at 1.165 and Campari (MI:CPRI) was down 1.15% or 0.10 points to 9.05.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 325 to 98 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.51% or 0.77 to $50.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.09% or 0.59 to hit $53.34 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.74% or 8.65 to trade at $1178.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.33% to 1.0753, while EUR/GBP rose 0.96% to 0.8533.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.23% at 100.28.