Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which rose 3.18% or 0.625 points to trade at 20.290 at the close. Meanwhile, Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) added 1.94% or 0.26 points to end at 13.40 and Banca Generali (MI:BGN) was up 1.74% or 0.38 points to 22.16 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI), which fell 1.50% or 0.2160 points to trade at 14.1700 at the close. Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) declined 1.16% or 0.0400 points to end at 3.4230 and Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) was down 1.03% or 0.028 points to 2.655.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 212 to 160 and 22 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.30% or 0.20 to $67.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.72% or 0.52 to hit $72.68 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 0.80 to trade at $1226.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.01% to 1.1659, while EUR/GBP rose 0.34% to 0.8922.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 94.75.