Italy Stock Market Update

Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, with gains in the Industrials, Telecoms, and Financials sectors leading the upward trend.

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.54%.

Best Performers

• Leonardo SpA (BIT:LDOF): +3.06% (0.76 points) to 25.62
• Telecom Italia (BIT:TLIT): +2.96% (0.01 points) to 0.25
• Saipem SpA (BIT:SPMI): +2.57% (0.06 points) to 2.55

Worst Performers

• DiaSorin SpA (BIT:DIAS): -0.91% (-0.95 points) to 103.00
• A2A SpA (BIT:A2): -0.87% (-0.02 points) to 2.17
• Hera (BIT:HRA): -0.87% (-0.03 points) to 3.42

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange, with 279 gaining, 236 declining, and 52 unchanged.

Shares in Saipem SpA (BIT:SPMI) reached 52-week highs, rising 2.57% or 0.06 to 2.55.

Commodities

• Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.00% (1.37) to $69.96 a barrel.
• Brent oil for February delivery rose 1.51% (1.09) to $73.28 a barrel.
• February Gold Futures rose 1.41% (38.26) to trade at $2,756.66 a troy ounce.

Currency Exchange

• EUR/USD was unchanged at 1.05, while EUR/GBP was also unchanged at 0.82.
• US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 106.23.