Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemicals, Financials and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which rose 2.52% or 0.380 points to trade at 15.460 at the close. Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) added 1.71% or 0.47 points to end at 27.90 and Luxottica Group (MI:LUX) was up 1.66% or 0.80 points to 48.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ferrari NV (MI:RACE), which lost 6.91% or 6.75 points to trade at 91.00 in late trade. Exor NV (MI:EXOR) declined 3.55% or 1.90 points to end at 51.55 and Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) shed 2.60% or 0.080 points to 3.000.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 208 to 155 and 11 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.06% or 0.03 to $49.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.26% or 0.14 to hit $54.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.02% or 13.63 to trade at $1352.63 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.82% to 1.2015, while EUR/GBP rose 0.54% to 0.9186.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.70% at 91.56.