Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials, Travel & Leisure and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the FTSE MIB lost 2.60% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE MIB were Ansaldo STS (MILAN:STS), which rose 0.53% or 0.05 points to trade at 9.51 at the close. Meanwhile, World Duty Free SpA (MILAN:WDF) added 0.20% or 0.020 points to end at 10.230 and Pirelli & C (MILAN:PECI) was down 0.20% or 0.03 points to 15.01 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mediolanum (MILAN:MED), which fell 4.70% or 0.355 points to trade at 7.195 at the close. Prysmian (MILAN:PRY) declined 4.60% or 0.96 points to end at 19.89 and Finmeccanica (MILAN:SIFI) was down 4.12% or 0.510 points to 11.880.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 416 to 43 and 7 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.29% or 0.12 to $41.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.54% or 0.26 to hit $46.91 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 2.07% or 23.30 to trade at $1151.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.75% to 1.1202, while EUR/GBP rose 0.75% to 0.7144.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.48% at 95.96.