Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banco Popolare Sc (MI:BAPO), which rose 4.05% or 0.2150 points to trade at 5.5200 at the close. Meanwhile, Banca Mediolanum SpA (MI:BMED) added 3.74% or 0.265 points to end at 7.345 and Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST) was up 2.28% or 0.1500 points to 6.7200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which fell 3.24% or 0.163 points to trade at 4.872 at the close. Intesa Sanpaolo (MI:ISP) declined 2.25% or 0.0520 points to end at 2.2640 and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) was down 1.38% or 0.0085 points to 0.6085.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 225 to 169 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.30% or 0.13 to $43.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.38% or 0.17 to hit $44.80 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.88% or 11.35 to trade at $1280.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1493, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.7930.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.25% at 93.25.