Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Nexi SpA (BIT:NEXII), which rose 1.17% or 0.06 points to trade at 5.54 at the close. Meanwhile, Assicurazioni Generali SpA (BIT:GASI) added 1.12% or 0.25 points to end at 22.58 and A2A SpA (BIT:A2) was up 1.11% or 0.02 points to 1.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (BIT:FBK), which fell 2.02% or 0.29 points to trade at 14.27 at the close. Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:CPRI) declined 1.87% or 0.15 points to end at 7.89 and Banco Bpm SpA (BIT:BAMI) was down 1.51% or 0.09 points to 5.76.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 306 to 168 and 42 ended unchanged.
Shares in Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:CPRI) fell to 3-years lows; losing 1.87% or 0.15 to 7.89.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.77% or 0.58 to $75.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.40% or 0.31 to hit $78.64 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.08% or 26.30 to trade at $2,458.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.08% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.49% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 103.07.