Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Travel & Leisure, Chemicals and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.57%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Luxottica Group (MI:LUX), which rose 2.96% or 1.32 points to trade at 45.94 at the close. Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) added 1.72% or 0.24 points to end at 14.16 and Intesa Sanpaolo (MI:ISP) was up 1.19% or 0.024 points to 2.036 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Exor (MI:EXOR), which lost 2.70% or 0.99 points to trade at 35.72 in late trade. UBI Banca (MI:UBI) declined 2.62% or 0.0620 points to end at 2.3000 and Brembo (MI:BRBI) shed 2.36% or 1.30 points to 53.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 236 to 164 and 31 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.79% or 0.81 to $44.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.32% or 0.62 to hit $46.24 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.36% or 4.65 to trade at $1303.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.05% to 1.1103, while EUR/GBP fell 1.20% to 0.8914.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.17% at 97.22.