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 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Intesa Sanpaolo (MI:ISP), which rose 4.21% or 0.086 points to trade at 2.130 at the close. Unicredit (MI:CRDI) added 3.50% or 0.0780 points to end at 2.3060 and Unipol (MI:UNPI) was up 2.89% or 0.070 points to 2.494 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tenaris (MI:TENR), which lost 2.53% or 0.32 points to trade at 12.32 in late trade. Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) declined 2.41% or 0.47 points to end at 19.06 and STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) shed 1.76% or 0.120 points to 6.710.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 219 to 181 and 22 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 3.43% or 1.59 to $44.76 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 3.41% or 1.66 to hit $47.07 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.37% or 4.85 to trade at $1311.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.1162, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.8495.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 95.97.