Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the FTSE Italia All Share Chemicals, FTSE Italia Technology and FTSE Italia All Share Health Care sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Telecom Italia (BIT:TLIT), which unchanged 1.88% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.24 at the close. Enel (BIT:ENEI) added 1.64% or 0.11 points to end at 6.99 and Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (BIT:UNPI) was up 1.51% or 0.15 points to 9.72 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Brunello Cucinelli (BIT:BCU), which fell 5.25% or 4.70 points to trade at 84.85 in late trade. Ferrari NV (BIT:RACE) declined 2.35% or 10.30 points to end at 428.20 and Moncler SpA (BIT:MONC) down 2.19% or 1.14 points to 50.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 255 to 226 and 48 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
Shares in Enel (BIT:ENEI) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.64% or 0.11 to 6.99.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.32% or 0.22 to $69.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.32% or 0.23 to hit $72.93 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 12.50 to trade at $2,538.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 101.09.