Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 1.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Saipem (MI:SPMI), which rose 7.88% or 0.0260 points to trade at 0.3560 at the close. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) added 5.85% or 0.4000 points to end at 7.2400 and Mediaset (MI:MS) was up 5.76% or 0.200 points to 3.674 in late trade.
Biggest losers included UBI Banca (MI:UBI), which lost 3.97% or 0.1400 points to trade at 3.3840 in late trade. Unicredit (MI:CRDI) declined 3.43% or 0.1160 points to end at 3.2700 and Banco Popolare (MI:BAPO) shed 3.15% or 0.2100 points to 6.4600.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 283 to 125 and 23 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.65% or 0.25 to $38.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.00% or 0.40 to hit $40.25 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.70% or 8.70 to trade at $1228.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.27% to 1.1325, while EUR/GBP rose 0.18% to 0.7874.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.30% at 94.88.