Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemicals, Travel & Leisure and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.89%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were A2A (MI:A2), which rose 3.29% or 0.046 points to trade at 1.444 at the close. Meanwhile, Tenaris (MI:TENR) added 3.10% or 0.42 points to end at 13.97 and Italgas SpA (MI:IG) was up 1.76% or 0.077 points to 4.462 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (MI:UNPI), which fell 3.45% or 0.144 points to trade at 4.034 at the close. Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF) declined 3.27% or 0.298 points to end at 8.810 and Exor NV (MI:EXOR) was down 2.75% or 1.68 points to 59.52.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 229 to 117 and 30 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.59% or 0.98 to $62.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.12% or 0.73 to hit $66.15 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.40 to trade at $1331.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.39% to 1.2331, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8841.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 89.71.