Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were A2A (MI:A2), which rose 4.26% or 0.048 points to trade at 1.176 at the close. Luxottica Group (MI:LUX) added 2.74% or 1.31 points to end at 49.06 and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) was up 2.71% or 0.0125 points to 0.4745 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Popolare (MI:BAPO), which lost 3.38% or 0.1660 points to trade at 4.7440 in late trade. CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) declined 2.59% or 0.145 points to end at 5.445 and Banca Mediolanum SpA (MI:BMED) shed 2.12% or 0.145 points to 6.680.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 219 to 182 and 21 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 5.15% or 1.85 to $37.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 5.23% or 1.98 to hit $39.85 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.38% or 4.70 to trade at $1224.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.34% to 1.1423, while EUR/GBP rose 0.41% to 0.8072.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.30% at 94.33.