Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Industrials and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 1.40% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII), which rose 1.09% or 0.051 points to trade at 4.723 at the close. Salvatore Ferragamo SpA (MI:SFER) added 0.44% or 0.11 points to end at 25.05 and Mediaset (MI:MS) was up 0.29% or 0.009 points to 3.061 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which lost 3.43% or 0.1380 points to trade at 3.8820 in late trade. Pirelli & C SPA (MI:PIRC) declined 2.68% or 0.20 points to end at 7.42 and Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) shed 2.30% or 0.51 points to 21.68.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 267 to 93 and 34 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.73% or 0.53 to $71.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.48% or 0.38 to hit $79.19 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1291.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.68% to 1.1700, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8765.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 93.94.