Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Technology and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the FTSE MIB declined 0.71% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE MIB were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MILAN:BMPS), which rose 4.76% or 0.0850 points to trade at 1.8700 at the close. A2A (MILAN:A2) added 1.95% or 0.021 points to end at 1.099 and Campari (MILAN:CPRI) was up 0.89% or 0.06 points to 6.81 in late trade.
Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics (MILAN:STM), which lost 2.64% or 0.195 points to trade at 7.200 in late trade. Azimut Holding (MILAN:AZMT) declined 2.63% or 0.66 points to end at 24.42 and Finmeccanica (MILAN:SIFI) shed 2.06% or 0.230 points to 10.910.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 282 to 184 and 3 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.01% or 0.61 to $59.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.84% or 0.54 to hit $63.16 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.41% or 4.90 to trade at $1176.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.11% to 1.1259, while EUR/GBP fell 0.39% to 0.7159.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 95.15.