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

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 1.36%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics (BIT: STMMI ), which rose 6.03% or 1.09 points to trade at 19.23 at the close. Meanwhile, Prysmian SpA (BIT: PRY ) added 5.42% or 2.31 points to end at 44.96 and Nexi SpA (BIT: NEXII ) was up 4.48% or 0.22 points to 5.17 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA (BIT: TRN ), which fell 2.02% or 0.17 points to trade at 8.44 at the close. Leonardo SpA (BIT: LDOF ) declined 1.77% or 0.79 points to end at 43.85 and Italgas SpA (BIT: IG ) was down 1.76% or 0.13 points to 6.97.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 407 to 129 and 36 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.70% or 1.72 to $61.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 2.45% or 1.65 to hit $65.79 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 3.54% or 120.90 to trade at $3,298.50 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was down 0.58% to 1.14, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.04% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.69% at 99.38.