Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Technology and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.74%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Moncler SpA (MI:MONC), which rose 2.18% or 0.72 points to trade at 33.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) added 2.08% or 0.0650 points to end at 3.1850 and Tenaris (MI:TENR) was up 1.73% or 0.26 points to 14.96 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Exor NV (MI:EXOR), which fell 3.19% or 1.92 points to trade at 58.24 at the close. Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) declined 2.89% or 0.0254 points to end at 0.8548 and Mediaset (MI:MS) was down 2.73% or 0.091 points to 3.248.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 250 to 95 and 31 ended unchanged.
Shares in Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) rose to all time highs; up 2.18% or 0.72 to 33.75.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.06% or 1.35 to $66.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.51% or 1.07 to hit $72.11 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.17% or 15.80 to trade at $1361.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.2381, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8717.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 89.14.