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 0.48% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which rose 9.62% or 0.500 points to trade at 5.700 at the close. Finmeccanica (MI:SIFI) added 2.62% or 0.290 points to end at 11.340 and Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) was up 2.48% or 0.53 points to 21.89 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT), which lost 2.60% or 0.0225 points to trade at 0.8430 in late trade. Unicredit (MI:CRDI) declined 2.12% or 0.0740 points to end at 3.4180 and Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) shed 1.54% or 0.080 points to 5.120.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 210 to 187 and 24 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.18% or 0.52 to $44.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.38% or 0.63 to hit $46.21 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.59% or 7.35 to trade at $1250.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.1321, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.7782.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 94.39.