Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 1.30%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were UBI Banca (MI:UBI), which rose 5.73% or 0.1160 points to trade at 2.1400 at the close. Meanwhile, Banca Popolare di Milano Scarl (MI:PMII) added 5.15% or 0.0194 points to end at 0.3962 and Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) was up 5.02% or 0.162 points to 3.388 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which fell 3.93% or 0.0071 points to trade at 0.1737 at the close. Terna (MI:TRN) declined 2.89% or 0.130 points to end at 4.372 and Snam (MI:SRG) was down 2.44% or 0.118 points to 4.724.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 232 to 178 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) fell to all time lows; down 3.93% or 0.0071 to 0.1737.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.32% or 1.13 to $49.82 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.12% or 1.08 to hit $51.95 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.35% or 4.45 to trade at $1265.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1202, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.8790.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 96.18.