Italy stocks lower at close of trade; Investing.com Italy 40 down 0.09% By Investing.com

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 fell 0.09%.

The best performers of the session on the were Amplifon (BIT:), which rose 2.78% or 0.69 points to trade at 25.49 at the close. Meanwhile, Inwit (BIT:) added 1.57% or 0.15 points to end at 9.73 and STMicroelectronics (BIT:) was up 0.84% or 0.19 points to 23.87 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Pirelli & C SPA (BIT:), which fell 1.09% or 0.06 points to trade at 5.46 at the close. Banca Popolare di Sondrio ScpA (BIT:) declined 0.99% or 0.08 points to end at 8.02 and Moncler SpA (BIT:) was down 0.97% or 0.49 points to 49.91.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.

Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.09% or 0.06 to $70.10 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.24% or 0.90 to hit $73.22 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $2,633.50 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.15% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.16% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 108.00.