Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF), which rose 1.63% or 0.210 points to trade at 13.100 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) added 1.46% or 0.200 points to end at 13.930 and Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) was up 1.29% or 0.35 points to 27.54 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Generali (MI:GASI), which fell 1.51% or 0.22 points to trade at 14.33 at the close. Mediaset (MI:MS) declined 1.33% or 0.052 points to end at 3.844 and Italgas SpA (MI:IG) was down 1.20% or 0.05 points to 3.95.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 180 to 159 and 16 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.48% or 0.23 to $48.01 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.65% or 0.33 to hit $50.63 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.25% or 3.15 to trade at $1249.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.0810, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8661.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 99.42.