Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas , Telecoms and Utilities sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.56%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT: CPRI ), which rose 2.92% or 0.16 points to trade at 5.71 at the close. Meanwhile, Snam SpA (BIT: SRG ) added 2.36% or 0.11 points to end at 4.85 and Inwit (BIT: INWT ) was up 2.04% or 0.20 points to 9.99 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Buzzi Unicem (BIT: BZU ), which fell 4.58% or 2.12 points to trade at 44.16 at the close. Iveco Group NV (BIT: IVG ) declined 3.88% or 0.56 points to end at 13.73 and Leonardo SpA (BIT: LDOF ) was down 2.54% or 1.18 points to 45.32.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 292 to 218 and 32 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.81% or 1.11 to $62.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.70% or 1.10 to hit $65.77 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 3.12% or 100.99 to trade at $3,341.39 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was up 0.92% to 1.14, while EUR/GBP rose 0.79% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.78% at 99.18.