Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the declined 1.18%.
The best performers of the session on the were Leonardo SpA (BIT:), which rose 1.32% or 0.29 points to trade at 22.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Pirelli & C SPA (BIT:) added 0.63% or 0.03 points to end at 5.10 and Bper Banca SpA (BIT:) was up 0.21% or 0.01 points to 5.64 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:), which fell 18.50% or 1.44 points to trade at 6.33 at the close. Amplifon (BIT:) declined 4.56% or 1.24 points to end at 25.95 and STMicroelectronics (BIT:) was down 3.58% or 0.95 points to 25.75.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 341 to 152 and 49 ended unchanged.
Shares in Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:) fell to 3-years lows; losing 18.50% or 1.44 to 6.33.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.96% or 1.32 to $68.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.88% or 1.33 to hit $72.06 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.55% or 15.20 to trade at $2,796.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.36% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.52% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 103.95.