Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Travel & Leisure and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP), which rose 2.06% or 0.56 points to trade at 27.80 at the close. CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) added 1.20% or 0.080 points to end at 6.750 and Leonardo Finmeccanica SpA (MI:LDOF) was up 1.18% or 0.115 points to 9.825 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER), which lost 1.40% or 0.29 points to trade at 20.43 in late trade. STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) declined 1.28% or 0.085 points to end at 6.565 and Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) shed 1.22% or 0.19 points to 15.42.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 199 to 181 and 37 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.75% or 0.75 to $42.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.51% or 0.68 to hit $44.30 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.37% or 5.05 to trade at $1351.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.53% to 1.1174, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.8588.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.48% at 95.60.