Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.93%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were CNH Industrial NV (MILAN:CNHI), which rose 3.45% or 0.225 points to trade at 6.755 at the close. Salvatore Ferragamo (MILAN:SFER) added 3.07% or 0.72 points to end at 24.14 and Saipem (MILAN:SPMI) was up 3.01% or 0.2400 points to 8.2200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MILAN:BMPS), which lost 2.73% or 0.0490 points to trade at 1.7440 in late trade. Banca Popolare Milano (MILAN:PMII) declined 2.62% or 0.0250 points to end at 0.9275 and Banco Popolare (MILAN:BAPO) shed 2.55% or 0.3800 points to 14.5000.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 253 to 186 and 1 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 5.92% or 2.64 to $47.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 4.37% or 2.08 to hit $49.84 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.88% or 20.70 to trade at $1123.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.39% to 1.1315, while EUR/GBP fell 0.52% to 0.7304.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.44% at 95.34.