Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Technology and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the FTSE MIB lost 0.71% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE MIB were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MILAN:BMPS), which rose 4.76% or 0.0850 points to trade at 1.8700 at the close. Meanwhile, A2A (MILAN:A2) added 1.95% or 0.021 points to end at 1.099 and Campari (MILAN:CPRI) was up 0.89% or 0.06 points to 6.81 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics (MILAN:STM), which fell 2.64% or 0.195 points to trade at 7.200 at the close. Azimut Holding (MILAN:AZMT) declined 2.63% or 0.66 points to end at 24.42 and Finmeccanica (MILAN:SIFI) was down 2.06% or 0.230 points to 10.910.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 282 to 184 and 3 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.01% or 0.61 to $59.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.84% or 0.54 to hit $63.16 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.42% or 5.00 to trade at $1175.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.10% to 1.1258, while EUR/GBP fell 0.39% to 0.7159.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 95.15.