Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Financials and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER), which rose 6.63% or 1.62 points to trade at 26.07 at the close. Meanwhile, UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) added 5.72% or 1.4400 points to end at 26.6000 and STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) was up 3.45% or 0.420 points to 12.600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Luxottica Group (MI:LUX), which fell 2.03% or 1.01 points to trade at 48.68 at the close. Tenaris (MI:TENR) declined 0.68% or 0.11 points to end at 16.06 and Mediaset (MI:MS) was down 0.66% or 0.026 points to 3.930.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 233 to 111 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) rose to 52-week highs; up 6.63% or 1.62 to 26.07. Shares in STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) rose to 5-year highs; up 3.45% or 0.420 to 12.600.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.38% or 0.20 to $53.01 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.54% or 0.30 to hit $55.88 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 4.75 to trade at $1206.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.38% to 1.0756, while EUR/GBP fell 0.83% to 0.8511.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 99.83.