Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Telecoms and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 1.44%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were UBI Banca (MI:UBI), which rose 9.12% or 0.2580 points to trade at 3.0880 at the close. Meanwhile, A2A (MI:A2) added 1.35% or 0.017 points to end at 1.273 and Terna (MI:TRN) was up 0.42% or 0.018 points to 4.292 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which fell 16.14% or 1.690 points to trade at 8.780 at the close. Exor NV (MI:EXOR) declined 9.36% or 4.13 points to end at 40.00 and Mediaset (MI:MS) was down 3.99% or 0.174 points to 4.188.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 227 to 111 and 16 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.72% or 0.90 to $53.15 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.92% or 1.06 to hit $56.16 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.49% or 5.90 to trade at $1202.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.77% to 1.0665, while EUR/GBP rose 0.74% to 0.8732.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.72% at 100.97.