Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Travel & Leisure, Financials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the FTSE MIB declined 1.43%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE MIB were Saipem (MILAN:SPMI), which rose 2.37% or 0.22 points to trade at 9.52 at the close. Meanwhile, Snam (MILAN:SRG) added 1.44% or 0.062 points to end at 4.382 and Ansaldo STS (MILAN:STS) was up 0.11% or 0.01 points to 9.39 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Moncler SpA (MILAN:MONC), which fell 3.50% or 0.59 points to trade at 16.28 at the close. UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA (MILAN:US) declined 3.42% or 0.078 points to end at 2.204 and Autogrill (MILAN:AGL) was down 3.03% or 0.23 points to 7.51.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 343 to 99 and 6 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.86% or 0.49 to $57.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.75% or 0.47 to hit $62.48 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.46% or 5.40 to trade at $1163.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.34% to 1.1091, while EUR/GBP rose 0.37% to 0.7104.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.25% at 96.24.