Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Healthcare and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.83%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII), which rose 9.92% or 0.386 points to trade at 4.276 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) added 4.22% or 0.114 points to end at 2.814 and Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) was up 3.57% or 0.1380 points to 4.0000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP), which fell 9.93% or 3.23 points to trade at 29.29 at the close. STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) declined 5.43% or 1.150 points to end at 20.010 and Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) was down 5.28% or 0.90 points to 16.15.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 284 to 87 and 12 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.55% or 0.31 to $57.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.52% or 0.33 to hit $63.82 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.36 to trade at $1286.06 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.46% to 1.1648, while EUR/GBP rose 0.35% to 0.8871.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 94.42.