Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Financials and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 1.33%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Luxottica Group (MI:LUX), which rose 0.82% or 0.39 points to trade at 48.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Recordati (MI:RECI) added 0.69% or 0.27 points to end at 39.41 and Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) was up 0.16% or 0.01 points to 6.22 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI), which fell 5.30% or 0.184 points to trade at 3.286 at the close. Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) declined 3.76% or 0.1700 points to end at 4.3540 and Banca Generali (MI:BGN) was down 2.97% or 0.88 points to 28.70.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 247 to 125 and 13 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.89% or 0.45 to $49.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.46% or 0.26 to hit $55.74 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 1.41 to trade at $1276.49 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.15% to 1.1762, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8862.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 93.29.