Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Tenaris (MI:TENR), which rose 2.74% or 0.45 points to trade at 16.90 at the close. Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) added 2.61% or 0.64 points to end at 25.20 and Campari (MI:CPRI) was up 2.31% or 0.21 points to 9.53 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU), which lost 3.01% or 0.71 points to trade at 22.90 in late trade. Luxottica Group (MI:LUX) declined 0.94% or 0.50 points to end at 52.70 and Generali (MI:GASI) shed 0.81% or 0.11 points to 13.55.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 170 to 165 and 24 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.86% or 0.45 to $52.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.74% or 0.41 to hit $55.06 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.01% or 0.15 to trade at $1212.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.0679, while EUR/GBP rose 0.54% to 0.8676.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.48% at 100.74.