Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Utilities and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.95%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Mediolanum SpA (MI:BMED), which rose 1.40% or 0.100 points to trade at 7.230 at the close. Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) added 1.08% or 0.33 points to end at 30.90 and FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK) was up 0.65% or 0.06 points to 8.56 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Intesa Sanpaolo (MI:ISP), which lost 2.23% or 0.064 points to trade at 2.808 in late trade. Recordati (MI:RECI) declined 2.04% or 0.77 points to end at 37.02 and Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII) shed 1.98% or 0.084 points to 4.168.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 227 to 135 and 23 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.25% or 0.14 to $56.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.70% or 0.44 to hit $62.88 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.56% or 7.00 to trade at $1255.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.41% to 1.1778, while EUR/GBP fell 0.58% to 0.8764.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 93.67.