Italy stocks higher at close of trade; Investing.com Italy 40 up 0.30%

Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare , Industrials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.30%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were DiaSorin SpA (BIT:DIAS ), which rose 2.63% or 2.70 points to trade at 105.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Recordati (BIT:RECI ) added 2.63% or 1.35 points to end at 52.75 and Leonardo SpA (BIT:LDOF ) was up 2.20% or 0.49 points to 22.74 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Tenaris SA (BIT:TENR ), which fell 1.65% or 0.21 points to trade at 12.49 at the close. Saipem SpA (BIT:SPMI ) declined 1.08% or 0.02 points to end at 2.02 and STMicroelectronics (BIT:STMMI ) was down 0.89% or 0.25 points to 27.76.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 250 to 217 and 53 ended unchanged.

Shares in DiaSorin SpA (BIT:DIAS ) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.63% or 2.70 to 105.30. Shares in Tenaris SA (BIT:TENR ) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.65% or 0.21 to 12.49.

Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.03% or 0.78 to $74.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.06% or 0.83 to hit $77.83 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.50% or 12.65 to trade at $2,540.25 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was down 0.57% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.50% at 100.95.

Source: Investing.com