Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure, Industrials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Ferrari NV (MI:RACE), which rose 4.22% or 4.65 points to trade at 114.80 at the close. Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI) added 3.31% or 0.37 points to end at 11.55 and CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) was up 2.22% or 0.230 points to 10.600 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Snam (MI:SRG), which lost 1.68% or 0.061 points to trade at 3.573 in late trade. Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) declined 1.41% or 0.0084 points to end at 0.5854 and Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (MI:UNPI) shed 0.63% or 0.023 points to 3.624.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 171 to 171 and 41 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.02% or 0.70 to $69.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.01% or 0.77 to hit $77.06 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 3.00 to trade at $1211.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.02% to 1.1698, while EUR/GBP fell 0.89% to 0.9005.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 94.57.