Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemicals, Telecoms and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.91%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT), which rose 0.89% or 0.15 points to trade at 16.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Exor (MI:EXOR) added 0.62% or 0.19 points to end at 30.79 and Enel (MI:ENEI) was up 0.51% or 0.0200 points to 3.9300 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI), which fell 3.72% or 0.240 points to trade at 6.205 at the close. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) declined 3.35% or 0.0167 points to end at 0.4815 and Unipol (MI:UNPI) was down 3.30% or 0.086 points to 2.520.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 352 to 64 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Unipol (MI:UNPI) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.30% or 0.086 to 2.520.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 2.90% or 1.39 to $46.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 2.84% or 1.39 to hit $47.58 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 1.39% or 17.85 to trade at $1306.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.61% to 1.1191, while EUR/GBP fell 0.25% to 0.7906.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.43% at 95.08.