Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 1.22% 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 6.14% or 0.0390 points to trade at 0.6740 at the close. Meanwhile, Unicredit (MI:CRDI) added 4.61% or 0.1520 points to end at 3.4520 and CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) was up 3.46% or 0.220 points to 6.585 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER), which fell 2.52% or 0.55 points to trade at 21.26 at the close. Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) declined 1.85% or 0.28 points to end at 14.84 and Tod'S (MI:TOD) was down 1.42% or 0.90 points to 62.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 246 to 157 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.91% or 0.81 to $43.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.98% or 0.87 to hit $44.90 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.07% or 0.90 to trade at $1255.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.29% to 1.1326, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.7878.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.21% at 94.27.