Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Travel & Leisure, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Moncler SpA (MI:MONC), which rose 1.88% or 0.44 points to trade at 23.79 at the close. Meanwhile, Recordati (MI:RECI) added 0.77% or 0.27 points to end at 35.48 and Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) was up 0.77% or 0.22 points to 28.81 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI), which fell 2.62% or 0.1080 points to trade at 4.0200 at the close. UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) declined 2.05% or 0.3700 points to end at 17.6600 and Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) was down 1.98% or 0.49 points to 24.27.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 220 to 127 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.88% or 0.44 to 23.79.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.43% or 0.20 to $46.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.13% or 0.57 to hit $50.84 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.62% or 7.96 to trade at $1290.86 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.19% to 1.1744, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.9118.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 93.53.