Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 1.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were UBI Banca (MI:UBI), which rose 5.73% or 0.1160 points to trade at 2.1400 at the close. Banca Popolare Milano (MI:PMII) added 5.15% or 0.0194 points to end at 0.3962 and Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) was up 5.02% or 0.162 points to 3.388 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which lost 3.93% or 0.0071 points to trade at 0.1737 in late trade. Terna (MI:TRN) declined 2.89% or 0.130 points to end at 4.372 and Snam (MI:SRG) shed 2.44% or 0.118 points to 4.724.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 232 to 178 and 20 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.32% or 1.13 to $49.82 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.10% or 1.07 to hit $51.94 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.35% or 4.45 to trade at $1265.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1202, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.8790.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 96.18.