Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Technology and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banco Popolare (MI:BAPO), which rose 6.07% or 0.144 points to trade at 2.518 at the close. UBI Banca (MI:UBI) added 6.00% or 0.1320 points to end at 2.3320 and Saipem (MI:SPMI) was up 2.74% or 0.0110 points to 0.4119 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mediaset (MI:MS), which lost 3.99% or 0.108 points to trade at 2.602 in late trade. Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) declined 2.91% or 0.0210 points to end at 0.7010 and STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) shed 2.68% or 0.195 points to 7.090.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 219 to 176 and 26 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.40% or 0.71 to $50.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.11% or 0.58 to hit $51.83 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.16% or 1.95 to trade at $1253.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.26% to 1.1025, while EUR/GBP fell 1.04% to 0.9023.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 97.87.