Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials, Financials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 2.69% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Ferrari NV (BIT:RACE), which rose 2.50% or 9.50 points to trade at 389.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Nexi SpA (BIT:NEXII) added 1.02% or 0.06 points to end at 5.73 and Telecom Italia (BIT:TLIT) was unchanged 0.88% or 0.00 points to 0.23 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tenaris SA (BIT:TENR), which fell 8.71% or 1.27 points to trade at 13.37 at the close. Prysmian SpA (BIT:PRY) declined 8.56% or 5.44 points to end at 58.10 and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (BIT:BMPS) was down 6.75% or 0.34 points to 4.70.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 372 to 133 and 37 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tenaris SA (BIT:TENR) fell to 52-week lows; losing 8.71% or 1.27 to 13.37.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.91% or 0.71 to $77.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.67% or 0.54 to hit $80.30 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.70% or 17.40 to trade at $2,490.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.29% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.33% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 104.12.