Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Utilities and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.28% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were A2A (MI:A2), which rose 5.37% or 0.076 points to trade at 1.492 at the close. Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) added 4.68% or 0.27 points to end at 6.04 and Banca Mediolanum SpA (MI:BMED) was up 3.23% or 0.230 points to 7.350 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII), which lost 5.66% or 0.286 points to trade at 4.764 in late trade. Prysmian (MI:PRY) declined 3.50% or 0.94 points to end at 25.93 and Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (MI:UNPI) shed 2.22% or 0.096 points to 4.228.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 199 to 157 and 13 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 3.51% or 1.61 to $47.49 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 3.22% or 1.57 to hit $50.30 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.46% or 5.65 to trade at $1221.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.01% to 1.0873, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.8406.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 99.44.