Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Utilities and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.48% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which rose 9.62% or 0.500 points to trade at 5.700 at the close. Meanwhile, Finmeccanica (MI:SIFI) added 2.62% or 0.290 points to end at 11.340 and Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) was up 2.48% or 0.53 points to 21.89 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT), which fell 2.60% or 0.0225 points to trade at 0.8430 at the close. Unicredit (MI:CRDI) declined 2.12% or 0.0740 points to end at 3.4180 and Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) was down 1.54% or 0.080 points to 5.120.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 210 to 187 and 24 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.23% or 0.54 to $44.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.38% or 0.63 to hit $46.21 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.59% or 7.30 to trade at $1250.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.1321, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.7782.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 94.39.