Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Financials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the FTSE MIB added 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE MIB were Unicredit (MILAN:CRDI), which rose 3.37% or 0.205 points to trade at 6.290 at the close. STMicroelectronics (MILAN:STM) added 3.06% or 0.275 points to end at 9.265 and Moncler SpA (MILAN:MONC) was up 2.61% or 0.42 points to 16.54 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tod'S (MILAN:TOD), which lost 2.60% or 2.25 points to trade at 84.15 in late trade. Salvatore Ferragamo (MILAN:SFER) declined 1.68% or 0.51 points to end at 29.93 and Buzzi Unicem (MILAN:BZU) shed 1.33% or 0.19 points to 14.11.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 290 to 185 and 4 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.42% or 0.24 to $56.37 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.22% or 0.76 to hit $62.84 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.25% or 15.00 to trade at $1188.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.0720, while EUR/GBP fell 0.76% to 0.7137.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 98.28.