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 added 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which rose 8.26% or 0.4500 points to trade at 5.9000 at the close. Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) added 4.02% or 0.122 points to end at 3.156 and Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST) was up 3.51% or 0.2100 points to 6.1950 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Leonardo Finmeccanica SpA (MI:LDOF), which lost 3.08% or 0.300 points to trade at 9.450 in late trade. Recordati (MI:RECI) declined 2.63% or 0.76 points to end at 28.09 and Unicredit (MI:CRDI) shed 2.28% or 0.0420 points to 1.8020.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 200 to 184 and 32 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 3.97% or 1.57 to $41.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 3.68% or 1.54 to hit $43.34 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.62% or 8.45 to trade at $1364.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.69% to 1.1147, while EUR/GBP fell 0.37% to 0.8373.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.51% at 95.50.