Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Technology and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU), which rose 3.26% or 0.58 points to trade at 18.37 at the close. Unipol (MI:UNPI) added 3.10% or 0.070 points to end at 2.330 and Mediaset (MI:MS) was up 2.25% or 0.062 points to 2.820 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Atlantia (MI:ATL), which lost 1.02% or 0.23 points to trade at 22.37 in late trade. Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) declined 0.71% or 0.16 points to end at 22.43 and Luxottica Group (MI:LUX) shed 0.43% or 0.19 points to 44.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 274 to 120 and 32 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.06% or 0.92 to $45.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.39% or 1.11 to hit $47.63 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.55% or 7.35 to trade at $1323.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.1201, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.8616.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 95.52.