Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Travel & Leisure, Chemicals and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Stellantis NV (BIT:STLAM), which rose 3.00% or 0.36 points to trade at 12.38 at the close. STMicroelectronics (BIT:STMMI) added 1.82% or 0.47 points to end at 26.03 and Hera (BIT:HRA) was up 1.39% or 0.05 points to 3.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (BIT:BMPS), which lost 3.13% or 0.16 points to trade at 5.08 in late trade. Telecom Italia (BIT:TLIT) declined 2.41% or 0.01 points to end at 0.24 and Bper Banca SpA (BIT:EMII) shed 1.92% or 0.11 points to 5.61.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 286 to 205 and 50 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.69% or 1.21 to $70.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.66% or 1.26 to hit $74.78 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.96% or 26.60 to trade at $2,733.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.19% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.15% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 104.31.