Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Industrials and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Intesa Sanpaolo (MI:ISP), which rose 1.97% or 0.048 points to trade at 2.488 at the close. UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) added 1.43% or 0.1980 points to end at 14.0740 and Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) was up 1.38% or 0.0530 points to 3.9000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which lost 5.09% or 1.010 points to trade at 18.825 in late trade. Prysmian (MI:PRY) declined 4.54% or 0.97 points to end at 20.38 and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) shed 3.47% or 0.576 points to 16.042.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 217 to 131 and 27 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.99% or 0.72 to $73.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $77.43 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.36% or 4.50 to trade at $1251.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.1577, while EUR/GBP rose 0.41% to 0.8846.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 94.92.