Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 1.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT), which rose 2.17% or 0.43 points to trade at 20.25 at the close. Anima Holding SpA (MI:ANIM) added 2.06% or 0.13 points to end at 6.43 and Banca Mediolanum SpA (MI:BMED) was up 1.67% or 0.115 points to 7.010 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Popolare (MI:BAPO), which lost 6.42% or 0.4150 points to trade at 6.0450 in late trade. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) declined 4.19% or 0.0220 points to end at 0.5030 and UBI Banca (MI:UBI) shed 3.90% or 0.1320 points to 3.2520.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 257 to 135 and 24 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.03% or 0.01 to $38.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.42% or 0.17 to hit $40.22 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.60% or 7.40 to trade at $1236.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.41% to 1.1384, while EUR/GBP rose 0.29% to 0.7908.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 94.54.