Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which rose 2.84% or 0.390 points to trade at 14.140 at the close. Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) added 1.13% or 0.30 points to end at 26.82 and CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) was up 0.73% or 0.065 points to 8.955 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI), which lost 4.24% or 0.102 points to trade at 2.302 in late trade. Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) declined 3.82% or 0.170 points to end at 4.276 and Saipem (MI:SPMI) shed 3.46% or 0.0161 points to 0.4495.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 196 to 144 and 15 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.49% or 0.81 to $53.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.64% or 0.93 to hit $55.73 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.50% or 6.15 to trade at $1232.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.0558, while EUR/GBP rose 0.30% to 0.8474.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 101.36.