Italy Stock Market Update

Investing.com – Italy stocks closed higher on Wednesday, driven by gains in the Financials, Industrials, and Healthcare sectors.

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose by 0.26%.

Top Performers

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 included:
– Prysmian SpA (BIT:PRY): Up 2.57% (1.56 points) to 62.26.
– Bper Banca SpA (BIT:EMII): Up 1.98% (0.12 points) to 5.99.
– Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (BIT:BMPS): Up 1.85% (0.10 points) to 5.52.

Worst Performers

The worst performers included:
– STMicroelectronics (BIT:STMMI): Down 4.38% (1.12 points) to 24.43.
– Pirelli & C SPA (BIT:PIRC): Down 3.14% (0.16 points) to 4.97.
– Hera (BIT:HRA): Down 1.70% (0.06 points) to 3.35.

On the Milan Stock Exchange, falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 287 to 256, and 40 stocks ended unchanged.

Shares in Bper Banca SpA reached 5-year highs, while Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena hit 52-week highs.

Commodity Prices

• Crude oil for December delivery rose 0.34% ($0.23) to $68.35 a barrel.
• Brent oil for January delivery increased 0.38% ($0.27) to $72.16 a barrel.
• December Gold Futures fell 0.62% ($16.25) to $2,590.05 a troy ounce.

Currency Market

• EUR/USD declined 0.52% to 1.06.
• EUR/GBP remained unchanged at 0.83.
• The US Dollar Index Futures increased by 0.37% to 106.35.