Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Italgas SpA (MI:IG), which rose 2.12% or 0.10 points to trade at 4.71 at the close. Recordati (MI:RECI) added 1.44% or 0.51 points to end at 35.81 and Atlantia (MI:ATL) was up 1.39% or 0.34 points to 24.78 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mediaset (MI:MS), which lost 4.51% or 0.166 points to trade at 3.514 in late trade. Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) declined 3.28% or 0.1140 points to end at 3.3620 and Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) shed 2.67% or 0.076 points to 2.772.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 192 to 155 and 21 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 2.46% or 1.22 to $48.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 2.51% or 1.31 to hit $50.93 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.45% or 5.62 to trade at $1267.72 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.38% to 1.1229, while EUR/GBP rose 0.14% to 0.8712.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 96.97.