Italy shares lower at close of trade; Investing.com Italy 40 down 0.74%

Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Utilities and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.74%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Stellantis NV (BIT:STLAM), which rose 2.93% or 0.36 points to trade at 12.60 at the close. Nexi SpA (BIT:NEXII) added 1.72% or 0.10 points to end at 5.80 and Tenaris SA (BIT:TENR) was up 0.90% or 0.14 points to 15.15 in late trade.

Biggest losers included ERG (BIT:ERG), which lost 3.19% or 0.68 points to trade at 20.64 in late trade. STMicroelectronics (BIT:STMMI) declined 2.82% or 0.73 points to end at 25.03 and Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:CPRI) shed 2.34% or 0.15 points to 6.18.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 342 to 137 and 42 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.71% or 0.49 to $69.10 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.61% or 0.44 to hit $72.60 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.74% or 48.80 to trade at $2,752.00 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.04% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP rose 0.78% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 104.02.