Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Utilities and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 1.18%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI), which rose 5.06% or 0.1800 points to trade at 3.7340 at the close. Meanwhile, Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) added 4.49% or 0.184 points to end at 4.278 and UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) was up 3.59% or 0.5600 points to 16.1700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Moncler SpA (MI:MONC), which fell 2.03% or 0.44 points to trade at 21.22 at the close. Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) declined 1.48% or 0.35 points to end at 23.31 and Italgas SpA (MI:IG) was down 1.33% or 0.06 points to 4.59.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 177 to 176 and 17 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.03% or 0.45 to $43.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.24% or 0.57 to hit $45.45 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 2.49 to trade at $1245.99 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1143, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.8804.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 97.38.