Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP), which rose 4.49% or 1.10 points to trade at 25.60 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) added 2.72% or 0.340 points to end at 12.860 and Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF) was up 1.91% or 0.280 points to 14.930 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which fell 2.72% or 0.0940 points to trade at 3.3640 at the close. Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) declined 2.41% or 0.116 points to end at 4.690 and Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) was down 2.35% or 0.072 points to 2.992.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 217 to 142 and 13 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 3.44% or 1.62 to $45.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 2.90% or 1.44 to hit $48.17 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.35% or 4.28 to trade at $1223.48 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1334, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8774.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 96.10.