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Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 1.18% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Italgas SpA (BIT:IG), which rose 0.65% or 0.05 points to trade at 6.97 at the close. Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA (BIT:TRN) added 0.61% or 0.05 points to end at 8.93 and Eni SpA (BIT:ENI) was up 0.58% or 0.08 points to 14.26 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Moncler SpA (BIT:MONC), which lost 3.53% or 1.78 points to trade at 48.68 in late trade. Telecom Italia (BIT:TLIT) declined 3.49% or 0.01 points to end at 0.39 and Nexi SpA (BIT:NEXII) shed 3.09% or 0.15 points to 4.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 351 to 149 and 40 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 2.00% or 1.47 to $74.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.99% or 1.53 to hit $78.23 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.70% or 23.79 to trade at $3,384.31 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.24% to 1.15, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.12% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 98.67.