Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Travel & Leisure, Chemicals and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Luxottica Group (MI:LUX), which rose 2.96% or 1.32 points to trade at 45.94 at the close. Meanwhile, Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) added 1.72% or 0.24 points to end at 14.16 and Intesa Sanpaolo (MI:ISP) was up 1.19% or 0.024 points to 2.036 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Exor (MI:EXOR), which fell 2.70% or 0.99 points to trade at 35.72 at the close. UBI Banca (MI:UBI) declined 2.62% or 0.0620 points to end at 2.3000 and Brembo (MI:BRBI) was down 2.36% or 1.30 points to 53.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 236 to 164 and 31 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.76% or 0.80 to $44.54 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.32% or 0.62 to hit $46.24 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.36% or 4.70 to trade at $1303.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.05% to 1.1103, while EUR/GBP fell 1.20% to 0.8914.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.17% at 97.22.