Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities, Oil & Gas and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI), which rose 4.01% or 0.120 points to trade at 3.110 at the close. Meanwhile, Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (MI:UNPI) added 2.57% or 0.100 points to end at 3.988 and Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) was up 1.77% or 0.0660 points to 3.7900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER), which fell 5.19% or 1.47 points to trade at 26.85 at the close. Italgas SpA (MI:IG) declined 1.89% or 0.09 points to end at 4.56 and Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) was down 1.76% or 0.46 points to 25.74.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 207 to 148 and 14 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.49% or 0.25 to $51.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.42% or 0.23 to hit $53.92 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.32% or 4.00 to trade at $1251.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1176, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8644.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 97.33.