Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Technology and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:CPRI), which rose 3.96% or 0.22 points to trade at 5.88 at the close. Meanwhile, Recordati (BIT:RECI) added 3.39% or 1.70 points to end at 51.85 and A2A SpA (BIT:A2) was up 1.91% or 0.04 points to 2.24 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were UniCredit SpA (BIT:CRDI), which fell 2.82% or 1.48 points to trade at 50.97 at the close. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (BIT:BMPS) declined 2.77% or 0.21 points to end at 7.42 and Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario SpA (BIT:MDBI) was down 2.10% or 0.38 points to 17.99.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 308 to 217 and 46 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.76% or 1.67 to $58.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 2.78% or 1.76 to hit $61.52 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.42% or 14.11 to trade at $3,319.49 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.32% to 1.13, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.15% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 99.28.