Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Technology and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.02% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Prysmian (MI:PRY), which rose 1.88% or 0.54 points to trade at 29.20 at the close. Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) added 0.97% or 0.030 points to end at 3.128 and Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) was up 0.97% or 0.95 points to 99.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which lost 2.80% or 0.0980 points to trade at 3.3980 in late trade. Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) declined 2.38% or 0.79 points to end at 32.40 and STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) shed 2.04% or 0.350 points to 16.800.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 185 to 180 and 19 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.06% or 0.03 to $51.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.22% or 0.13 to hit $58.01 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.48 to trade at $1284.72 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.23% to 1.1793, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8935.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 93.28.