Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Chemicals and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which rose 2.50% or 0.240 points to trade at 9.825 at the close. A2A (MI:A2) added 0.92% or 0.014 points to end at 1.537 and Exor NV (MI:EXOR) was up 0.79% or 0.40 points to 51.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI), which lost 2.22% or 0.062 points to trade at 2.728 in late trade. STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) declined 2.11% or 0.290 points to end at 13.450 and UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) shed 1.98% or 0.3200 points to 15.8500.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 213 to 138 and 14 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.58% or 0.67 to $43.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.78% or 0.80 to hit $45.62 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.52% or 6.45 to trade at $1252.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.1151, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.8803.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 97.27.