Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 1.95% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MILAN:BMPS), which rose 4.45% or 0.0660 points to trade at 1.5480 at the close. Meanwhile, Mediobanca (MILAN:MDBI) added 0.12% or 0.010 points to end at 8.530 and Azimut Holding (MILAN:AZMT) was up 0.05% or 0.01 points to 18.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MILAN:FCHA), which fell 7.50% or 0.9200 points to trade at 11.3500 at the close. Buzzi Unicem (MILAN:BZU) declined 5.88% or 0.92 points to end at 14.73 and CNH Industrial NV (MILAN:CNHI) was down 5.70% or 0.350 points to 5.785.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 369 to 81 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in CNH Industrial NV (MILAN:CNHI) fell to all time lows; down 5.70% or 0.350 to 5.785.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.81% or 0.36 to $44.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.10% or 0.53 to hit $48.27 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.82% or 20.60 to trade at $1152.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.47% to 1.1238, while EUR/GBP rose 0.46% to 0.7370.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.38% at 96.03.