Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Juventus Football Club (MI:JUVE), which rose 2.41% or 0.0360 points to trade at 1.5310 at the close. UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) added 1.65% or 0.1720 points to end at 10.5780 and Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST) was up 0.93% or 0.070 points to 7.598 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Exor NV (MI:EXOR), which lost 1.68% or 0.92 points to trade at 53.68 in late trade. Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) declined 1.61% or 1.58 points to end at 96.84 and Recordati (MI:RECI) shed 1.60% or 0.50 points to 30.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 202 to 155 and 38 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.55% or 0.82 to $52.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.45% or 0.89 to hit $60.61 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.05 to trade at $1284.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.31% to 1.1394, while EUR/GBP fell 0.55% to 0.8717.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 95.713.