Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.66%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Amplifon (MI:AMPF), which rose 4.24% or 0.590 points to trade at 14.500 at the close. Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (MI:UNPI) added 4.05% or 0.140 points to end at 3.600 and UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA (MI:US) was up 2.55% or 0.051 points to 2.029 in late trade.
Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which lost 11.66% or 1.415 points to trade at 10.720 in late trade. Prysmian (MI:PRY) declined 4.76% or 0.83 points to end at 16.62 and Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) shed 4.63% or 1.35 points to 27.81.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 182 to 162 and 25 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.64% or 0.30 to $46.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.04% or 0.57 to hit $55.48 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.65% or 8.30 to trade at $1292.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.56% to 1.1405, while EUR/GBP rose 0.32% to 0.9022.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.62% at 95.828.