Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Industrials and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Amplifon (MI:AMPF), which rose 4.24% or 0.590 points to trade at 14.500 at the close. Meanwhile, Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (MI:UNPI) added 4.05% or 0.140 points to end at 3.600 and UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA (MI:US) was up 2.55% or 0.051 points to 2.029 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which fell 11.66% or 1.415 points to trade at 10.720 at the close. Prysmian (MI:PRY) declined 4.76% or 0.83 points to end at 16.62 and Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) was down 4.63% or 1.35 points to 27.81.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 182 to 162 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) fell to 52-week lows; losing 11.66% or 1.415 to 10.720.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.52% or 0.24 to $46.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.93% or 0.51 to hit $55.42 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.63% or 8.15 to trade at $1292.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.54% to 1.1403, while EUR/GBP rose 0.31% to 0.9021.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.61% at 95.830.