Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT), which rose 4.46% or 0.73 points to trade at 17.08 at the close. Meanwhile, CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) added 2.83% or 0.250 points to end at 9.075 and Prysmian (MI:PRY) was up 2.67% or 0.67 points to 25.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which fell 1.84% or 0.180 points to trade at 9.605 at the close. FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK) declined 1.49% or 0.10 points to end at 6.29 and Campari (MI:CPRI) was down 1.47% or 0.16 points to 10.76.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 190 to 158 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in Prysmian (MI:PRY) rose to all time highs; rising 2.67% or 0.67 to 25.75.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.45% or 0.23 to $51.26 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.55% or 0.30 to hit $54.47 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.73% or 9.15 to trade at $1249.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.0655, while EUR/GBP fell 0.42% to 0.8541.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 100.57.