Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 3.55% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA (BIT:TRN), which rose 3.73% or 0.31 points to trade at 8.68 at the close. Italgas SpA (BIT:IG) added 3.64% or 0.24 points to end at 6.83 and A2A SpA (BIT:A2) was up 3.50% or 0.08 points to 2.31 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tenaris SA (BIT:TENR), which lost 9.85% or 1.79 points to trade at 16.35 in late trade. Saipem SpA (BIT:SPMI) declined 9.02% or 0.19 points to end at 1.94 and STMicroelectronics (BIT:STMMI) shed 8.32% or 1.66 points to 18.25.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 449 to 96 and 34 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 6.93% or 4.97 to $66.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 6.52% or 4.89 to hit $70.06 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.26% or 39.99 to trade at $3,126.21 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 1.71% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP rose 1.02% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.76% at 101.67.