ROME: Italy equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Healthcare and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower. At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.95%. The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Snam (MI:SRG), which rose 0.32% or 0.016 points to trade at 5.010 at the close. Enel (MI:ENEI) added 0.25% or 0.0100 points to end at 3.9520 and Campari (MI:CPRI) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 9.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unicredit (MI:CRDI), which lost 3.72% or 0.0840 points to trade at 2.1740 in late trade. Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) declined 2.91% or 0.102 points to end at 3.402 and Banco Popolare (MI:BAPO) shed 2.84% or 0.0640 points to 2.1920. Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 270 to 103 and 31 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange. In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.56% or 0.26 to $47.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.73% or 0.36 to hit $49.41 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.30% or 4.05 to trade at $1325.65 a troy ounce.
