Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemicals, Technology and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.73%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Luxottica Group (MI:LUX), which rose 5.15% or 2.54 points to trade at 51.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) added 1.43% or 0.33 points to end at 23.47 and Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII) was up 1.19% or 0.058 points to 4.926 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which fell 3.85% or 0.725 points to trade at 18.100 at the close. Pirelli & C SPA (MI:PIRC) declined 3.29% or 0.24 points to end at 7.05 and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) was down 2.75% or 0.484 points to 17.088.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 277 to 75 and 27 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.58% or 0.36 to $61.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.74% or 0.48 to hit $64.25 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.49% or 6.40 to trade at $1311.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.19% to 1.2216, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.8884.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 90.56.