Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Healthcare and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF), which rose 1.84% or 0.240 points to trade at 13.300 at the close. Generali (MI:GASI) added 0.82% or 0.12 points to end at 14.77 and Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) was up 0.81% or 0.18 points to 22.53 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII), which lost 1.86% or 0.090 points to trade at 4.754 in late trade. Italgas SpA (MI:IG) declined 1.84% or 0.08 points to end at 4.06 and Atlantia (MI:ATL) shed 1.84% or 0.45 points to 24.02.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 185 to 170 and 15 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.03% or 0.98 to $49.35 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.85% or 0.95 to hit $52.37 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.37% or 4.65 to trade at $1250.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.55% to 1.0755, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8669.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 99.92.