Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the fell 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the were Nexi SpA (BIT:), which rose 1.17% or 0.06 points to trade at 5.54 at the close. Meanwhile, Assicurazioni Generali SpA (BIT:) added 1.12% or 0.25 points to end at 22.58 and A2A SpA (BIT:) was up 1.11% or 0.02 points to 1.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (BIT:), which fell 2.02% or 0.29 points to trade at 14.27 at the close. Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:) declined 1.87% or 0.15 points to end at 7.89 and Banco Bpm SpA (BIT:) was down 1.51% or 0.09 points to 5.76.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 306 to 168 and 42 ended unchanged.
Shares in Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:) fell to 3-years lows; losing 1.87% or 0.15 to 7.89.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.77% or 0.58 to $75.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.40% or 0.31 to hit $78.64 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.08% or 26.30 to trade at $2,458.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.08% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.49% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 103.07.
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