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 0.90%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were UBI Banca (MI:UBI), which rose 5.38% or 0.1120 points to trade at 2.1920 at the close. Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) added 4.71% or 0.150 points to end at 3.334 and Banca Popolare Milano (MI:PMII) was up 4.26% or 0.0143 points to 0.3500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU), which lost 1.72% or 0.31 points to trade at 17.70 in late trade. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) declined 0.78% or 0.045 points to end at 5.690 and Atlantia (MI:ATL) shed 0.61% or 0.14 points to 22.64.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 244 to 160 and 26 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.36% or 1.04 to $45.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.79% or 0.82 to hit $46.70 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.89% or 11.75 to trade at $1329.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.1159, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8599.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.20% at 95.78.