Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Industrials and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 1.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Mediaset (MI:MS), which rose 0.49% or 0.015 points to trade at 3.048 at the close. Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) added 0.49% or 0.03 points to end at 6.15 and Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) was up 0.05% or 0.02 points to 37.78 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tenaris (MI:TENR), which lost 6.12% or 0.93 points to trade at 14.19 in late trade. STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) declined 4.79% or 0.975 points to end at 19.385 and Exor NV (MI:EXOR) shed 4.05% or 2.46 points to 58.34.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 291 to 68 and 25 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.15% or 0.75 to $64.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.71% or 0.49 to hit $68.98 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 5.30 to trade at $1326.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.2307, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.8725.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 89.45.