Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure, Technology and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (MI:UNPI), which rose 1.81% or 0.068 points to trade at 3.818 at the close. Generali (MI:GASI) added 1.75% or 0.24 points to end at 13.96 and Mediaset (MI:MS) was up 1.71% or 0.066 points to 3.924 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ENI (MI:ENI), which lost 1.66% or 0.25 points to trade at 14.80 in late trade. Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) declined 0.83% or 0.0065 points to end at 0.7730 and Tenaris (MI:TENR) shed 0.72% or 0.11 points to 15.18.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 193 to 145 and 15 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 2.09% or 1.11 to $52.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.91% or 1.07 to hit $54.85 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.50% or 6.05 to trade at $1210.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.0549, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8679.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 102.08.