Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Telecoms and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 1.96%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI), which rose 6.07% or 0.7800 points to trade at 13.6300 at the close. Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) added 5.38% or 0.230 points to end at 4.506 and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) was up 4.38% or 0.395 points to 9.410 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER), which lost 1.46% or 0.40 points to trade at 26.97 in late trade. Italgas SpA (MI:IG) declined 0.43% or 0.02 points to end at 4.14 and Snam (MI:SRG) 0.00% or 0.000 points to 4.064.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 235 to 117 and 13 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.41% or 0.74 to $51.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.49% or 0.82 to hit $54.07 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.82% or 10.60 to trade at $1283.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.17% to 1.0713, while EUR/GBP rose 0.30% to 0.8380.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 99.69.