Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 2.23%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Ferrari NV (MI:RACE), which rose 10.38% or 3.24 points to trade at 34.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Saipem (MI:SPMI) added 9.22% or 0.0285 points to end at 0.3375 and Anima Holding SpA (MI:ANIM) was up 8.92% or 0.52 points to 6.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Atlantia (MI:ATL), which fell 0.17% or 0.04 points to trade at 23.15 at the close. Italcementi (MI:ITAI) added 0.10% or 0.010 points to end at 10.160 and Enel (MI:ENEI) was up 0.28% or 0.0100 points to 3.6440.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 381 to 49 and 9 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 6.58% or 1.91 to $30.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 7.49% or 2.41 to hit $34.59 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.20% or 2.40 to trade at $1205.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1138, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.7780.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 96.81.