Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Financials and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.47% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which rose 7.16% or 0.0140 points to trade at 0.2094 at the close. Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) added 4.77% or 0.194 points to end at 4.258 and Saipem (MI:SPMI) was up 4.06% or 0.0168 points to 0.4308 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Exor (MI:EXOR), which lost 0.91% or 0.34 points to trade at 37.03 in late trade. Prysmian (MI:PRY) declined 0.78% or 0.18 points to end at 22.99 and Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) shed 0.77% or 0.14 points to 18.03.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 264 to 144 and 25 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 3.02% or 1.52 to $51.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.50% or 1.29 to hit $52.97 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.58% or 7.35 to trade at $1270.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.0964, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8933.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 97.92.