Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Oil & Gas and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which rose 8.26% or 0.4500 points to trade at 5.9000 at the close. Meanwhile, Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) added 4.02% or 0.122 points to end at 3.156 and Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST) was up 3.51% or 0.2100 points to 6.1950 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Leonardo Finmeccanica SpA (MI:LDOF), which fell 3.08% or 0.300 points to trade at 9.450 at the close. Recordati (MI:RECI) declined 2.63% or 0.76 points to end at 28.09 and Unicredit (MI:CRDI) was down 2.28% or 0.0420 points to 1.8020.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 200 to 184 and 32 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 3.97% or 1.57 to $41.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 3.68% or 1.54 to hit $43.34 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.61% or 8.40 to trade at $1364.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.69% to 1.1147, while EUR/GBP fell 0.37% to 0.8373.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.52% at 95.51.