Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Telecoms and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.88% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Mediaset (MI:MS), which rose 1.30% or 0.042 points to trade at 3.276 at the close. Meanwhile, Tenaris (MI:TENR) added 1.24% or 0.16 points to end at 13.05 and Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI) was up 0.87% or 0.11 points to 12.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI), which fell 2.90% or 0.4800 points to trade at 16.0500 at the close. Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF) declined 1.96% or 0.200 points to end at 10.020 and Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) was down 1.75% or 0.39 points to 21.93.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 232 to 132 and 18 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.57% or 0.33 to $57.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.56% or 0.36 to hit $64.16 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 4.20 to trade at $1268.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.1881, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8863.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 92.87.