Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Travel & Leisure and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which rose 4.37% or 0.930 points to trade at 22.220 at the close. Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) added 3.33% or 3.95 points to end at 122.70 and Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) was up 2.16% or 0.14 points to 6.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which lost 1.92% or 0.0740 points to trade at 3.7760 in late trade. Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF) declined 1.84% or 0.166 points to end at 8.854 and Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) shed 1.42% or 0.30 points to 20.81.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 197 to 156 and 41 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.39% or 0.26 to $66.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.63% or 0.48 to hit $76.36 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 2.80 to trade at $1302.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.1786, while EUR/GBP rose 0.27% to 0.8808.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 93.58.