Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Industrials and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 1.80%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Mediaset (MI:MS), which rose 0.49% or 0.015 points to trade at 3.048 at the close. Meanwhile, Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) added 0.49% or 0.03 points to end at 6.15 and Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) was up 0.05% or 0.02 points to 37.78 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tenaris (MI:TENR), which fell 6.12% or 0.93 points to trade at 14.19 at the close. STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) declined 4.79% or 0.975 points to end at 19.385 and Exor NV (MI:EXOR) was down 4.05% or 2.46 points to 58.34.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 291 to 68 and 25 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.15% or 0.75 to $64.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.72% or 0.50 to hit $68.97 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.39% or 5.20 to trade at $1326.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.2307, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8726.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 89.45.