Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Chemicals and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 2.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP), which fell 0.24% or 0.06 points to trade at 24.79 at the close. Generali (MI:GASI) fell 0.60% or 0.09 points to end at 14.90 and Saipem (MI:SPMI) was down 0.89% or 0.0036 points to 0.3990 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU), which lost 6.08% or 1.44 points to trade at 22.25 in late trade. Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) declined 5.36% or 0.2040 points to end at 3.6000 and STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) shed 4.68% or 0.720 points to 14.650.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 326 to 33 and 14 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.97% or 0.47 to $49.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.16% or 0.60 to hit $52.25 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.71% or 21.19 to trade at $1257.59 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.52% to 1.1141, while EUR/GBP rose 0.28% to 0.8603.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.59% at 97.52.