Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banco Popolare (MI:BAPO), which rose 4.05% or 0.2150 points to trade at 5.5200 at the close. Banca Mediolanum SpA (MI:BMED) added 3.74% or 0.265 points to end at 7.345 and Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST) was up 2.28% or 0.1500 points to 6.7200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which lost 3.24% or 0.163 points to trade at 4.872 in late trade. Intesa Sanpaolo (MI:ISP) declined 2.25% or 0.0520 points to end at 2.2640 and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) shed 1.38% or 0.0085 points to 0.6085.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 225 to 169 and 26 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.34% or 0.15 to $43.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.38% or 0.17 to hit $44.80 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.88% or 11.35 to trade at $1280.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1493, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.7930.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.25% at 93.25.