Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure, Industrials and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 1.57%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Saipem SpA (BIT:SPMI), which rose 5.85% or 0.12 points to trade at 2.08 at the close. Meanwhile, Prysmian SpA (BIT:PRY) added 5.83% or 3.10 points to end at 56.30 and Buzzi Unicem (BIT:BZU) was up 5.74% or 2.78 points to 51.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Amplifon (BIT:AMPF), which fell 1.69% or 0.35 points to trade at 20.32 at the close. Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:CPRI) declined 1.66% or 0.10 points to end at 6.04 and Italgas SpA (BIT:IG) was down 1.22% or 0.08 points to 6.09.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 342 to 202 and 40 ended unchanged.
Shares in Amplifon (BIT:AMPF) fell to 3-years lows; down 1.69% or 0.35 to 20.32.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 2.32% or 1.54 to $67.79 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.07% or 1.44 to hit $71.00 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.88% or 25.69 to trade at $2,946.59 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.26% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 103.45.