Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Popolare di Milano Scarl (MI:PMII), which rose 6.54% or 0.0555 points to trade at 0.9045 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Popolare Sc (MI:BAPO) added 3.88% or 0.5000 points to end at 13.3900 and Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) was up 2.19% or 0.155 points to 7.240 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mediaset (MI:MS), which fell 9.45% or 0.446 points to trade at 4.272 at the close. Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) declined 2.78% or 0.89 points to end at 31.11 and UBI Banca (MI:UBI) was down 2.47% or 0.1650 points to 6.5150.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 229 to 202 and 4 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.53% or 1.12 to $43.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.68% or 1.29 to hit $46.81 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.31% or 3.40 to trade at $1085.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.05% to 1.0730, while EUR/GBP fell 0.50% to 0.7058.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 99.14.