Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Financials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which rose 2.50% or 0.1090 points to trade at 4.4750 at the close. Meanwhile, Tenaris (MI:TENR) added 0.80% or 0.12 points to end at 15.20 and FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK) was up 0.75% or 0.07 points to 10.06 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (MI:UNPI), which fell 2.01% or 0.069 points to trade at 3.358 at the close. UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) declined 1.90% or 0.2800 points to end at 14.4600 and Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST) was down 1.69% or 0.124 points to 7.210.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 203 to 134 and 41 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $66.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $72.29 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1220.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.42% to 1.1561, while EUR/GBP fell 0.19% to 0.8995.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 95.24.