Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Healthcare and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.83%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII), which rose 9.92% or 0.386 points to trade at 4.276 at the close. Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) added 4.22% or 0.114 points to end at 2.814 and Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) was up 3.57% or 0.1380 points to 4.0000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP), which lost 9.93% or 3.23 points to trade at 29.29 in late trade. STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) declined 5.43% or 1.150 points to end at 20.010 and Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) shed 5.28% or 0.90 points to 16.15.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 284 to 87 and 12 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.55% or 0.31 to $57.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.52% or 0.33 to hit $63.82 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.34 to trade at $1286.04 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.46% to 1.1648, while EUR/GBP rose 0.35% to 0.8871.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 94.42.