Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Travel & Leisure and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Saipem (MILAN:SPMI), which rose 7.81% or 0.6300 points to trade at 8.7000 at the close. Meanwhile, Salvatore Ferragamo (MILAN:SFER) added 4.60% or 1.15 points to end at 26.15 and Banco Popolare Sc (MILAN:BAPO) was up 1.64% or 0.2200 points to 13.6600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Intesa Sanpaolo (MILAN:ISP), which fell 2.88% or 0.0940 points to trade at 3.1700 at the close. Campari (MILAN:CPRI) declined 2.70% or 0.20 points to end at 7.20 and Atlantia (MILAN:ATL) was down 2.42% or 0.61 points to 24.61.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 222 to 211 and 9 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.10% or 0.05 to $48.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.43% or 0.23 to hit $52.15 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.07% or 0.80 to trade at $1145.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.22% to 1.1248, while EUR/GBP fell 0.91% to 0.7336.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 95.58.