Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Technology and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.87%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII), which rose 1.89% or 0.082 points to trade at 4.428 at the close. A2A (MI:A2) added 0.63% or 0.008 points to end at 1.282 and Prysmian (MI:PRY) was up 0.46% or 0.10 points to 21.77 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU), which lost 4.14% or 0.74 points to trade at 17.14 in late trade. Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) declined 3.44% or 0.89 points to end at 24.95 and Leonardo Finmeccanica SpA (MI:LDOF) shed 3.18% or 0.320 points to 9.730.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 281 to 119 and 17 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.27% or 0.65 to $50.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.01% or 0.53 to hit $51.98 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.92% or 11.65 to trade at $1273.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.68% to 1.1318, while EUR/GBP fell 0.39% to 0.7823.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.46% at 94.02.