Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Financials and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which rose 5.06% or 0.1880 points to trade at 3.9000 at the close. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) added 3.13% or 0.560 points to end at 18.430 and Tenaris (MI:TENR) was up 2.90% or 0.44 points to 15.61 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Salvatore Ferragamo SpA (MI:SFER), which lost 3.43% or 0.86 points to trade at 24.24 in late trade. Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) declined 2.57% or 1.05 points to end at 39.84 and Mediobanca (MI:MDBI) shed 2.25% or 0.184 points to 7.998.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 181 to 178 and 32 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.73% or 1.12 to $65.85 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 2.20% or 1.66 to hit $77.02 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1301.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.38% to 1.1819, while EUR/GBP rose 0.24% to 0.8800.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 93.34.