Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which rose 3.79% or 0.550 points to trade at 15.050 at the close. Meanwhile, Prysmian (MI:PRY) added 2.75% or 0.69 points to end at 25.78 and Banca Generali (MI:BGN) was up 2.55% or 0.66 points to 26.59 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ENI (MI:ENI), which fell 1.99% or 0.28 points to trade at 13.79 at the close. Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) declined 1.80% or 0.32 points to end at 17.46 and Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) was down 1.74% or 0.42 points to 23.76.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 219 to 139 and 12 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 4.73% or 2.28 to $45.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 3.79% or 1.90 to hit $48.22 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 4.42 to trade at $1293.08 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.28% to 1.1246, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8707.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 96.74.