Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 1.12%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT), which rose 2.17% or 0.43 points to trade at 20.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Anima Holding SpA (MI:ANIM) added 2.06% or 0.13 points to end at 6.43 and Banca Mediolanum SpA (MI:BMED) was up 1.67% or 0.115 points to 7.010 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Popolare Sc (MI:BAPO), which fell 6.42% or 0.4150 points to trade at 6.0450 at the close. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) declined 4.19% or 0.0220 points to end at 0.5030 and UBI Banca (MI:UBI) was down 3.90% or 0.1320 points to 3.2520.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 257 to 135 and 24 ended unchanged.
Shares in Banco Popolare Sc (MI:BAPO) fell to 3-years lows; falling 6.42% or 0.4150 to 6.0450.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.05% or 0.02 to $38.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.40% or 0.16 to hit $40.21 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.59% or 7.30 to trade at $1235.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.41% to 1.1384, while EUR/GBP rose 0.29% to 0.7908.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 94.54.