Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Technology and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Terna (MI:TRN), which rose 2.14% or 0.092 points to trade at 4.382 at the close. Meanwhile, Brembo (MI:BRBI) added 1.33% or 0.75 points to end at 57.15 and Recordati (MI:RECI) was up 1.20% or 0.32 points to 27.06 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Popolare Sc (MI:BAPO), which fell 3.76% or 0.090 points to trade at 2.302 at the close. Banca Popolare di Milano Scarl (MI:PMII) declined 3.50% or 0.0131 points to end at 0.3609 and UBI Banca (MI:UBI) was down 3.13% or 0.0840 points to 2.5980.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 160 to 156 and 27 ended unchanged.
Shares in Brembo (MI:BRBI) rose to all time highs; up 1.33% or 0.75 to 57.15.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.67% or 0.36 to $53.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.35% or 0.20 to hit $56.76 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 1.40% or 15.95 to trade at $1156.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.63% to 1.0481, while EUR/GBP rose 0.56% to 0.8570.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.48% at 102.74.