Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Telecoms and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 1.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI), which rose 4.07% or 0.6600 points to trade at 16.8700 at the close. FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK) added 3.75% or 0.26 points to end at 7.05 and Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) was up 2.58% or 0.57 points to 22.68 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP), which lost 2.47% or 0.63 points to trade at 24.90 in late trade. Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) declined 1.55% or 0.38 points to end at 24.18 and Luxottica Group (MI:LUX) shed 1.52% or 0.80 points to 51.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 182 to 177 and 15 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.90% or 0.40 to $44.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.07% or 0.50 to hit $47.42 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 2.50 to trade at $1249.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.27% to 1.1371, while EUR/GBP fell 0.63% to 0.8793.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 95.80.