Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Telecoms and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 1.96%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI), which rose 6.07% or 0.7800 points to trade at 13.6300 at the close. Meanwhile, Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) added 5.38% or 0.230 points to end at 4.506 and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) was up 4.38% or 0.395 points to 9.410 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER), which fell 1.46% or 0.40 points to trade at 26.97 at the close. Italgas SpA (MI:IG) declined 0.43% or 0.02 points to end at 4.14 and Snam (MI:SRG) was 0.00% or 0.000 points to 4.064.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 235 to 117 and 13 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.41% or 0.74 to $51.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.49% or 0.82 to hit $54.07 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.82% or 10.60 to trade at $1283.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.17% to 1.0713, while EUR/GBP rose 0.30% to 0.8380.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 99.69.