Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Travel & Leisure and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 1.34%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banco Bpm SpA (MI:BAMI), which rose 7.62% or 0.130 points to trade at 1.835 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) added 4.76% or 0.570 points to end at 12.550 and Banca Mediolanum SpA (MI:BMED) was up 4.26% or 0.205 points to 5.015 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were A2A (MI:A2), which fell 1.65% or 0.025 points to trade at 1.490 at the close. Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) declined 1.14% or 0.09 points to end at 7.38 and Luxottica Group SpA (MI:LUX) was down 1.06% or 0.54 points to 50.62.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 210 to 143 and 29 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 3.57% or 1.91 to $55.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 2.32% or 1.45 to hit $63.98 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.50% or 6.10 to trade at $1227.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.1391, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.8914.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 96.595.