Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Utilities and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII), which rose 3.17% or 0.138 points to trade at 4.490 at the close. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) added 2.09% or 0.0125 points to end at 0.6115 and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) was up 2.01% or 0.1250 points to 6.3500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Anima Holding SpA (MI:ANIM), which lost 3.74% or 0.20 points to trade at 5.28 in late trade. Unicredit (MI:CRDI) declined 2.05% or 0.0580 points to end at 2.7660 and Snam (MI:SRG) shed 1.76% or 0.090 points to 5.010.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 194 to 190 and 18 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.47% or 0.23 to $49.24 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.86% or 0.43 to hit $50.15 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.02% or 0.25 to trade at $1214.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.30% to 1.1155, while EUR/GBP fell 0.37% to 0.7734.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 95.49.