Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Telecoms and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 1.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were UBI Banca (MI:UBI), which rose 9.12% or 0.2580 points to trade at 3.0880 at the close. A2A (MI:A2) added 1.35% or 0.017 points to end at 1.273 and Terna (MI:TRN) was up 0.42% or 0.018 points to 4.292 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which lost 16.14% or 1.690 points to trade at 8.780 in late trade. Exor NV (MI:EXOR) declined 9.36% or 4.13 points to end at 40.00 and Mediaset (MI:MS) shed 3.99% or 0.174 points to 4.188.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 227 to 111 and 16 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.72% or 0.90 to $53.15 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.92% or 1.06 to hit $56.16 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.49% or 5.85 to trade at $1202.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.77% to 1.0664, while EUR/GBP rose 0.73% to 0.8731.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.70% at 100.99.