Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemicals, Telecoms and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.91%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT), which rose 0.89% or 0.15 points to trade at 16.95 at the close. Exor (MI:EXOR) added 0.62% or 0.19 points to end at 30.79 and Enel (MI:ENEI) was up 0.51% or 0.0200 points to 3.9300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI), which lost 3.72% or 0.240 points to trade at 6.205 in late trade. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) declined 3.35% or 0.0167 points to end at 0.4815 and Unipol (MI:UNPI) shed 3.30% or 0.086 points to 2.520.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 352 to 64 and 17 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 2.90% or 1.39 to $46.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 2.84% or 1.39 to hit $47.58 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 1.39% or 17.85 to trade at $1306.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.62% to 1.1190, while EUR/GBP fell 0.27% to 0.7905.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.43% at 95.08.