Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Telecoms and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 1.30%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI), which rose 4.07% or 0.6600 points to trade at 16.8700 at the close. Meanwhile, FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK) added 3.75% or 0.26 points to end at 7.05 and Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) was up 2.58% or 0.57 points to 22.68 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP), which fell 2.47% or 0.63 points to trade at 24.90 at the close. Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) declined 1.55% or 0.38 points to end at 24.18 and Luxottica Group (MI:LUX) was down 1.52% or 0.80 points to 51.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 182 to 177 and 15 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.90% or 0.40 to $44.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.07% or 0.50 to hit $47.42 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 2.51 to trade at $1249.41 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.28% to 1.1372, while EUR/GBP fell 0.63% to 0.8793.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 95.80.