Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Telecoms and Healthcare 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 Mediaset (MI:MS), which rose 5.87% or 0.242 points to trade at 4.362 at the close. Meanwhile, Banca Mediolanum SpA (MI:BMED) added 4.06% or 0.290 points to end at 7.440 and Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) was up 3.24% or 0.54 points to 17.19 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII), which fell 2.42% or 0.125 points to trade at 5.035 at the close. Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) declined 2.23% or 0.062 points to end at 2.722 and Unicredit (MI:CRDI) was down 2.01% or 0.0540 points to 2.6260.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 195 to 136 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.24% or 0.54 to 17.19.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.44% or 1.24 to $52.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.48% or 1.33 to hit $54.97 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.08% or 1.00 to trade at $1184.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.45% to 1.0509, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.8664.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.35% at 102.37.