Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Chemicals and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which rose 2.50% or 0.240 points to trade at 9.825 at the close. Meanwhile, A2A (MI:A2) added 0.92% or 0.014 points to end at 1.537 and Exor NV (MI:EXOR) was up 0.79% or 0.40 points to 51.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI), which fell 2.22% or 0.062 points to trade at 2.728 at the close. STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) declined 2.11% or 0.290 points to end at 13.450 and UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) was down 1.98% or 0.3200 points to 15.8500.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 213 to 138 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in A2A (MI:A2) rose to 5-year highs; rising 0.92% or 0.014 to 1.537.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.58% or 0.67 to $43.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.78% or 0.80 to hit $45.62 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.52% or 6.49 to trade at $1252.29 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.1151, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.8803.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 97.26.