Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Financials and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.47% to hit a new 1-month 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 7.16% or 0.0140 points to trade at 0.2094 at the close. Meanwhile, Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) added 4.77% or 0.194 points to end at 4.258 and Saipem (MI:SPMI) was up 4.06% or 0.0168 points to 0.4308 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Exor (MI:EXOR), which fell 0.91% or 0.34 points to trade at 37.03 at the close. Prysmian (MI:PRY) declined 0.78% or 0.18 points to end at 22.99 and Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) was down 0.77% or 0.14 points to 18.03.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 264 to 144 and 25 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 3.02% or 1.52 to $51.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.52% or 1.30 to hit $52.98 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.58% or 7.35 to trade at $1270.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.0964, while EUR/GBP rose 0.08% to 0.8934.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 97.92.