Italy stocks lower at close of trade; Investing.com Italy 40 down 0.15%

Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare , Chemicals and Industrials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.15%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (BIT:UNPI ), which rose 1.95% or 0.18 points to trade at 9.41 at the close. Meanwhile, Saipem SpA (BIT:SPMI ) added 1.67% or 0.03 points to end at 1.83 and Italgas SpA (BIT:IG ) was up 1.46% or 0.08 points to 5.22 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario SpA (BIT:MDBI ), which fell 1.64% or 0.25 points to trade at 14.69 at the close. Amplifon (BIT:AMPF ) declined 1.55% or 0.43 points to end at 27.37 and Nexi SpA (BIT:NEXII ) was down 1.16% or 0.07 points to 6.31.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 268 to 198 and 44 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.11% or 1.39 to $67.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.65% or 1.14 to hit $70.33 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.15 to trade at $2,543.25 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.04% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.31% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 101.67.

Source: Investing.com