Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Technology and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 1.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (BIT:BMPS), which rose 5.71% or 0.26 points to trade at 4.89 at the close. Leonardo SpA (BIT:LDOF) added 3.80% or 0.82 points to end at 22.38 and Bper Banca SpA (BIT:EMII) was up 3.59% or 0.18 points to 5.04 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saipem SpA (BIT:SPMI), which lost 2.83% or 0.07 points to trade at 2.34 in late trade. Moncler SpA (BIT:MONC) declined 0.70% or 0.40 points to end at 56.54 and Recordati (BIT:RECI) shed 0.53% or 0.26 points to 48.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 310 to 184 and 47 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.21% or 0.17 to $82.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.21% or 0.18 to hit $86.42 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.60% or 37.35 to trade at $2,370.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.48% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.13% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 104.93.