Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI), which rose 4.10% or 0.098 points to trade at 2.488 at the close. Terna (MI:TRN) added 3.66% or 0.152 points to end at 4.302 and A2A (MI:A2) was up 3.03% or 0.038 points to 1.291 in late trade.
Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which lost 2.47% or 0.330 points to trade at 13.040 in late trade. Banca Mediolanum SpA (MI:BMED) declined 2.47% or 0.175 points to end at 6.905 and Tenaris (MI:TENR) shed 2.24% or 0.36 points to 15.73.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 171 to 167 and 12 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.46% or 0.24 to $52.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.47% or 0.26 to hit $55.31 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.66% or 8.15 to trade at $1244.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.23% to 1.0704, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.8538.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 100.11.