Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemicals, Financials and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which rose 3.32% or 0.0074 points to trade at 0.2301 at the close. Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) added 2.26% or 1.15 points to end at 52.10 and Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) was up 2.21% or 0.44 points to 20.39 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banca Popolare Milano (MI:PMII), which lost 2.24% or 0.0067 points to trade at 0.2927 in late trade. Banco Popolare (MI:BAPO) declined 2.01% or 0.038 points to end at 1.856 and Unipol (MI:UNPI) shed 1.50% or 0.042 points to 2.760.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 209 to 181 and 24 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.02% or 0.01 to $47.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $48.95 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.38% or 4.50 to trade at $1183.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.0556, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8475.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 101.75.