Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Travel & Leisure, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Recordati (MI:RECI), which rose 0.95% or 0.28 points to trade at 29.80 at the close. ENI (MI:ENI) added 0.86% or 0.12 points to end at 14.56 and Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) was up 0.82% or 0.05 points to 6.14 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI), which lost 3.44% or 0.340 points to trade at 9.538 in late trade. STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) declined 2.44% or 0.425 points to end at 17.025 and Exor NV (MI:EXOR) shed 2.27% or 1.32 points to 56.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 242 to 110 and 32 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.33% or 0.21 to $63.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.46% or 0.31 to hit $67.81 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.10 to trade at $1339.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.2296, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8734.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 89.70.