Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Travel & Leisure and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 4.56%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Intesa Sanpaolo (MI:ISP), which rose 14.45% or 0.3100 points to trade at 2.4560 at the close. Meanwhile, Unicredit (MI:CRDI) added 11.91% or 0.3300 points to end at 3.1000 and Banco Popolare Sc (MI:BAPO) was up 11.09% or 0.7050 points to 7.0600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saipem (MI:SPMI), which fell 1.34% or 0.0049 points to trade at 0.3620 at the close. Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) declined 0.36% or 0.11 points to end at 30.29 and ENI (MI:ENI) was up 0.26% or 0.0300 points to 11.6300.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 356 to 80 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in Saipem (MI:SPMI) fell to all time lows; losing 1.34% or 0.0049 to 0.3620. Shares in Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) fell to all time lows; down 0.36% or 0.11 to 30.29.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.63% or 0.17 to $28.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 3.61% or 1.09 to hit $31.41 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.48% or 5.80 to trade at $1192.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.52% to 1.1235, while EUR/GBP fell 0.58% to 0.7758.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.26% at 96.30.