Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Travel & Leisure, Industrials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 1.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI), which rose 1.61% or 0.10 points to trade at 6.63 at the close. Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI) added 1.07% or 0.10 points to end at 9.93 and STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) was up 0.81% or 0.120 points to 14.950 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which lost 4.19% or 0.606 points to trade at 13.868 in late trade. CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) declined 4.10% or 0.410 points to end at 9.586 and Exor NV (MI:EXOR) shed 3.60% or 1.88 points to 50.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 237 to 127 and 24 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 2.56% or 1.84 to $70.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.67% or 1.36 to hit $80.05 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 1.90 to trade at $1229.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.35% to 1.1533, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8779.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 95.09.