Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Utilities and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI), which rose 2.09% or 0.056 points to trade at 2.736 at the close. Meanwhile, UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) added 1.92% or 0.2900 points to end at 15.4200 and Generali (MI:GASI) was up 1.17% or 0.17 points to 14.72 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mediaset (MI:MS), which fell 2.26% or 0.084 points to trade at 3.634 at the close. CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) declined 1.96% or 0.200 points to end at 10.030 and STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) was down 1.79% or 0.270 points to 14.840.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 211 to 134 and 20 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.27% or 0.13 to $47.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $50.46 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.55% or 6.86 to trade at $1250.14 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.12% to 1.0917, while EUR/GBP rose 0.09% to 0.8456.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 98.93.