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Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Financials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Telecom Italia (BIT:TLIT), which rose 4.73% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.41 at the close. Amplifon (BIT:AMPF) added 1.46% or 0.30 points to end at 20.88 and Banca Popolare di Sondrio ScpA (BIT:BPSI) was up 1.34% or 0.16 points to 11.73 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Iveco Group NV (BIT:IVG), which lost 2.10% or 0.34 points to trade at 15.65 in late trade. Moncler SpA (BIT:MONC) declined 1.75% or 0.90 points to end at 50.46 and Recordati (BIT:RECI) shed 1.38% or 0.75 points to 53.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 283 to 247 and 54 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.39% or 1.02 to $72.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.31% or 1.00 to hit $75.45 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 3.10 to trade at $3,410.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.31% to 1.15, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.04% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 98.11.