Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Financials and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.99%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which rose 2.92% or 0.515 points to trade at 18.165 at the close. Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) added 0.49% or 0.03 points to end at 6.18 and Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST) was up 0.43% or 0.034 points to 7.912 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which lost 3.80% or 0.1240 points to trade at 3.1400 in late trade. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) declined 3.04% or 0.600 points to end at 19.144 and CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) shed 2.78% or 0.280 points to 9.800.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 238 to 101 and 28 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.12% or 0.08 to $67.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.38% or 0.28 to hit $73.58 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.71% or 9.50 to trade at $1323.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.43% to 1.2180, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8737.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 90.94.