Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Industrials and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 1.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Telecom Italia (BIT:TLIT), which rose 4.86% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.24 at the close. Saipem SpA (BIT:SPMI) added 4.21% or 0.09 points to end at 2.33 and Prysmian SpA (BIT:PRY) was up 3.43% or 2.06 points to 62.06 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:CPRI), which lost 0.73% or 0.06 points to trade at 8.42 in late trade. Banco Bpm SpA (BIT:BAMI) declined 0.50% or 0.03 points to end at 6.31 and Amplifon (BIT:AMPF) gained 0.30% or 0.09 points to 30.54.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 295 to 187 and 35 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.20% or 0.98 to $82.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.90% or 0.76 to hit $85.42 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.77% or 18.15 to trade at $2,386.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.36% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 104.73.