Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Iveco Group NV (BIT:IVG), which rose 1.76% or 0.19 points to trade at 10.69 at the close. Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (BIT:ISP) added 1.20% or 0.04 points to end at 3.46 and Leonardo SpA (BIT:LDOF) was up 1.03% or 0.23 points to 22.64 in late trade.
Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics (BIT:STMMI), which lost 4.67% or 1.87 points to trade at 38.19 in late trade. Telecom Italia (BIT:TLIT) declined 2.22% or 0.01 points to end at 0.22 and Italgas SpA (BIT:IG) shed 1.86% or 0.09 points to 4.75.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 268 to 208 and 45 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.10% or 0.08 to $80.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.08% or 0.07 to hit $85.26 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.80 to trade at $2,345.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.09% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 104.82.