Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Chemicals and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII), which rose 2.03% or 0.094 points to trade at 4.720 at the close. Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) added 1.20% or 0.0500 points to end at 4.2000 and Generali (MI:GASI) was up 1.00% or 0.16 points to 16.19 in late trade.
Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which lost 6.28% or 1.260 points to trade at 18.800 in late trade. CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) declined 2.13% or 0.260 points to end at 11.930 and Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) shed 2.10% or 0.14 points to 6.28.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 225 to 129 and 32 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.53% or 0.34 to $64.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.21% or 0.15 to hit $69.81 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.08% or 14.50 to trade at $1351.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.67% to 1.2381, while EUR/GBP fell 0.66% to 0.8725.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.79% at 89.17.