Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Financials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 1.05%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Brunello Cucinelli (BIT:BCU), which rose 3.91% or 3.65 points to trade at 97.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Saipem SpA (BIT:SPMI) added 3.19% or 0.07 points to end at 2.36 and Amplifon (BIT:AMPF) was up 1.57% or 0.52 points to 33.68 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Stellantis NV (BIT:STLAM), which fell 4.13% or 0.80 points to trade at 18.54 at the close. Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:CPRI) declined 3.66% or 0.34 points to end at 8.96 and Recordati (BIT:RECI) was down 2.54% or 1.26 points to 48.36.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 259 to 209 and 37 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.54% or 0.44 to $81.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.45% or 0.38 to hit $84.85 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.12% or 25.85 to trade at $2,339.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.29% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 105.53.