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

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 1.89%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Buzzi Unicem (BIT: BZU ), which rose 16.30% or 6.90 points to trade at 49.24 at the close. Meanwhile, UniCredit SpA (BIT: CRDI ) added 7.42% or 3.69 points to end at 53.45 and Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT: CPRI ) was up 7.01% or 0.41 points to 6.26 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Snam SpA (BIT: SRG ), which fell 4.45% or 0.21 points to trade at 4.48 at the close. Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA (BIT: TRN ) declined 4.30% or 0.35 points to end at 7.74 and Hera (BIT: HRA ) was down 4.08% or 0.15 points to 3.57.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 309 to 242 and 49 ended unchanged.

Shares in Buzzi Unicem (BIT: BZU ) rose to all time highs; up 16.30% or 6.90 to 49.24. Shares in UniCredit SpA (BIT: CRDI ) rose to 5-year highs; up 7.42% or 3.69 to 53.45.

Crude oil for April delivery was down 4.09% or 2.79 to $65.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 3.49% or 2.48 to hit $68.56 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.37% or 10.81 to trade at $2,931.41 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was up 1.43% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP rose 0.84% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.21% at 104.41.