Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities, Technology and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 2.02%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Tenaris (MI:TENR), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 14.96 at the close. Meanwhile, Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) fell 0.18% or 0.07 points to end at 39.78 and Atlantia (MI:ATL) was down 0.45% or 0.11 points to 24.39 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which fell 4.17% or 0.736 points to trade at 16.908 at the close. Prysmian (MI:PRY) declined 3.93% or 0.94 points to end at 22.96 and Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) was down 3.74% or 0.1270 points to 3.2690.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 288 to 73 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in Prysmian (MI:PRY) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.93% or 0.94 to 22.96.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.15% or 0.10 to $65.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.40% or 1.05 to hit $73.69 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.29% or 3.70 to trade at $1270.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.25% to 1.1603, while EUR/GBP fell 0.30% to 0.8761.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 94.56.