Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Industrials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Recordati (MI:RECI), which rose 1.43% or 0.41 points to trade at 29.04 at the close. Meanwhile, Mediobanca (MI:MDBI) added 1.35% or 0.108 points to end at 8.126 and FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK) was up 1.28% or 0.13 points to 9.96 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Moncler SpA (MI:MONC), which fell 3.62% or 1.42 points to trade at 37.85 at the close. STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) declined 2.98% or 0.565 points to end at 18.410 and Exor NV (MI:EXOR) was down 2.05% or 1.18 points to 56.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 196 to 160 and 27 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.12% or 0.09 to $74.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.35% or 0.27 to hit $78.03 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.45% or 5.60 to trade at $1259.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.02% to 1.1660, while EUR/GBP fell 0.19% to 0.8817.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 94.25.