Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the added 1.27%.
The best performers of the session on the were Telecom Italia (BIT:), which rose 4.86% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.24 at the close. Meanwhile, Saipem SpA (BIT:) added 4.21% or 0.09 points to end at 2.33 and Prysmian SpA (BIT:) was up 3.43% or 2.06 points to 62.06 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:), which fell 0.73% or 0.06 points to trade at 8.42 at the close. Banco Bpm SpA (BIT:) declined 0.50% or 0.03 points to end at 6.31 and Amplifon (BIT:) was up 0.30% or 0.09 points to 30.54.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 295 to 187 and 35 ended unchanged.
Shares in Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:) fell to 3-years lows; losing 0.73% or 0.06 to 8.42. Shares in Prysmian SpA (BIT:) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.43% or 2.06 to 62.06.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.20% or 0.98 to $82.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.89% or 0.75 to hit $85.41 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.77% or 18.30 to trade at $2,386.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.37% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 104.72.
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