Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which rose 3.18% or 0.625 points to trade at 20.290 at the close. Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) added 1.94% or 0.26 points to end at 13.40 and Banca Generali (MI:BGN) was up 1.74% or 0.38 points to 22.16 in late trade.
Biggest losers included UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI), which lost 1.50% or 0.2160 points to trade at 14.1700 in late trade. Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) declined 1.16% or 0.0400 points to end at 3.4230 and Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) shed 1.03% or 0.028 points to 2.655.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 212 to 160 and 22 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.33% or 0.22 to $67.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.75% or 0.54 to hit $72.70 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 0.80 to trade at $1226.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.01% to 1.1659, while EUR/GBP rose 0.34% to 0.8922.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 94.75.