Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials, Travel & Leisure and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the FTSE MIB declined 2.60% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE MIB were Ansaldo STS (MILAN:STS), which rose 0.53% or 0.05 points to trade at 9.51 at the close. World Duty Free SpA (MILAN:WDF) added 0.20% or 0.020 points to end at 10.230 and Pirelli & C (MILAN:PECI) was down 0.20% or 0.03 points to 15.01 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mediolanum (MILAN:MED), which lost 4.70% or 0.355 points to trade at 7.195 in late trade. Prysmian (MILAN:PRY) declined 4.60% or 0.96 points to end at 19.89 and Finmeccanica (MILAN:SIFI) shed 4.12% or 0.510 points to 11.880.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 416 to 43 and 7 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.27% or 0.11 to $41.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.56% or 0.27 to hit $46.90 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 2.06% or 23.20 to trade at $1151.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.75% to 1.1202, while EUR/GBP rose 0.76% to 0.7145.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.46% at 95.97.