Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemicals, Technology and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI), which rose 3.67% or 0.5900 points to trade at 16.6800 at the close. Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF) added 1.99% or 0.310 points to end at 15.850 and Mediobanca (MI:MDBI) was up 1.27% or 0.115 points to 9.190 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP), which lost 3.04% or 0.78 points to trade at 24.92 in late trade. Generali (MI:GASI) declined 2.94% or 0.45 points to end at 14.84 and Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (MI:UNPI) shed 2.74% or 0.116 points to 4.112.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 230 to 131 and 16 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.14% or 0.54 to $47.87 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.10% or 0.55 to hit $50.77 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.37% or 4.57 to trade at $1223.47 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.0867, while EUR/GBP rose 0.54% to 0.8444.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 99.52.