Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP), which rose 4.49% or 1.10 points to trade at 25.60 at the close. STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) added 2.72% or 0.340 points to end at 12.860 and Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF) was up 1.91% or 0.280 points to 14.930 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which lost 2.72% or 0.0940 points to trade at 3.3640 in late trade. Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) declined 2.41% or 0.116 points to end at 4.690 and Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) shed 2.35% or 0.072 points to 2.992.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 217 to 142 and 13 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 3.44% or 1.62 to $45.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 2.90% or 1.44 to hit $48.17 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.35% or 4.29 to trade at $1223.49 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1334, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8774.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 96.10.