Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities, Travel & Leisure and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII), which rose 4.34% or 0.184 points to trade at 4.424 at the close. Banca Generali (MI:BGN) added 2.43% or 0.70 points to end at 29.47 and FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK) was up 2.07% or 0.17 points to 8.38 in late trade.
Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which lost 6.82% or 1.380 points to trade at 18.860 in late trade. Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) declined 1.75% or 1.65 points to end at 92.85 and Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) shed 1.46% or 0.10 points to 6.42.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 186 to 181 and 14 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.95% or 0.55 to $57.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.92% or 0.58 to hit $62.66 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.75% or 9.74 to trade at $1285.16 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.1861, while EUR/GBP fell 0.53% to 0.8826.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 93.09.