Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Financials and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Moncler SpA (MILAN:MONC), which rose 3.58% or 0.56 points to trade at 16.21 at the close. Meanwhile, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MILAN:FCHA) added 2.85% or 0.3400 points to end at 12.2700 and Salvatore Ferragamo (MILAN:SFER) was up 1.52% or 0.35 points to 23.34 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MILAN:BMPS), which fell 8.57% or 0.1390 points to trade at 1.4820 at the close. Saipem (MILAN:SPMI) declined 3.95% or 0.3050 points to end at 7.4200 and Banco Popolare Sc (MILAN:BAPO) was down 2.33% or 0.3200 points to 13.3900.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 237 to 199 and 4 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 2.80% or 1.30 to $45.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.56% or 0.77 to hit $48.31 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.57% or 6.40 to trade at $1131.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.46% to 1.1179, while EUR/GBP rose 1.25% to 0.7330.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 96.39.