Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Oil & Gas and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which rose 4.27% or 0.560 points to trade at 13.680 at the close. Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) added 2.82% or 0.0900 points to end at 3.2800 and A2A (MI:A2) was up 2.18% or 0.031 points to 1.453 in late trade.
Biggest losers included FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK), which lost 1.15% or 0.08 points to trade at 6.89 in late trade. Banca Popolare dell’Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) declined 0.95% or 0.044 points to end at 4.606 and Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF) shed 0.67% or 0.100 points to 14.750.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 178 to 172 and 10 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.17% or 0.57 to $49.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.27% or 0.68 to hit $54.06 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.72 to trade at $1342.78 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.14% to 1.1930, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.9136.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 92.09.