Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Technology and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU), which rose 3.26% or 0.58 points to trade at 18.37 at the close. Meanwhile, Unipol (MI:UNPI) added 3.10% or 0.070 points to end at 2.330 and Mediaset (MI:MS) was up 2.25% or 0.062 points to 2.820 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Atlantia (MI:ATL), which fell 1.02% or 0.23 points to trade at 22.37 at the close. Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) declined 0.71% or 0.16 points to end at 22.43 and Luxottica Group (MI:LUX) was down 0.43% or 0.19 points to 44.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 274 to 120 and 32 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.04% or 0.91 to $45.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.36% or 1.10 to hit $47.62 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.55% or 7.35 to trade at $1323.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.1201, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.8616.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 95.52.