Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Industrials and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which rose 4.03% or 0.0245 points to trade at 0.6330 at the close. Meanwhile, Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) added 2.96% or 0.0250 points to end at 0.8710 and Mediaset (MI:MS) was up 2.55% or 0.096 points to 3.868 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT), which fell 5.44% or 1.14 points to trade at 19.83 at the close. Banco Popolare Sc (MI:BAPO) declined 4.89% or 0.2700 points to end at 5.2500 and UBI Banca (MI:UBI) was down 4.12% or 0.1400 points to 3.2580.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 219 to 170 and 27 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.26% or 0.99 to $44.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.64% or 0.73 to hit $45.35 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.22% or 2.85 to trade at $1277.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.71% to 1.1404, while EUR/GBP fell 0.62% to 0.7875.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.51% at 93.75.