Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which rose 8.14% or 0.910 points to trade at 12.090 at the close. Exor NV (MI:EXOR) added 1.83% or 0.79 points to end at 43.97 and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) was up 1.18% or 0.120 points to 10.330 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI), which lost 3.96% or 0.118 points to trade at 2.864 in late trade. Mediobanca (MI:MDBI) declined 3.19% or 0.280 points to end at 8.505 and Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) shed 2.42% or 0.59 points to 23.75.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 200 to 142 and 18 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 2.24% or 1.18 to $53.93 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.40% or 1.32 to hit $56.40 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 1.07% or 12.80 to trade at $1185.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.80% to 1.0665, while EUR/GBP fell 0.33% to 0.8478.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.76% at 100.67.