Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Travel & Leisure, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Recordati (MI:RECI), which rose 0.95% or 0.28 points to trade at 29.80 at the close. Meanwhile, ENI (MI:ENI) added 0.86% or 0.12 points to end at 14.56 and Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) was up 0.82% or 0.05 points to 6.14 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI), which fell 3.44% or 0.340 points to trade at 9.538 at the close. STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) declined 2.44% or 0.425 points to end at 17.025 and Exor NV (MI:EXOR) was down 2.27% or 1.32 points to 56.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 242 to 110 and 32 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.36% or 0.23 to $63.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.46% or 0.31 to hit $67.81 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.20 to trade at $1339.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.2297, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8734.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 89.70.