Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.49% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Ferrari NV (MI:RACE), which rose 4.16% or 3.60 points to trade at 90.10 at the close. STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) added 2.02% or 0.290 points to end at 14.620 and A2A (MI:A2) was up 1.98% or 0.028 points to 1.445 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banca Popolare dell’Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII), which lost 1.20% or 0.056 points to trade at 4.612 in late trade. Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF) declined 1.10% or 0.170 points to end at 15.340 and Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) shed 1.03% or 0.0420 points to 4.0420.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 175 to 174 and 13 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.69% or 0.81 to $48.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.43% or 0.72 to hit $50.92 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.32% or 3.99 to trade at $1248.11 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.1629, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.8912.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 94.03.