Italy stocks lower at close of trade; Investing.com Italy 40 down 0.06%

Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemicals , Technology and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.06%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Telecom Italia (BIT:TLIT ), which unchanged 1.88% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.24 at the close. Meanwhile, Enel (BIT:ENEI ) added 1.64% or 0.11 points to end at 6.99 and Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (BIT:UNPI ) was up 1.51% or 0.15 points to 9.72 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Brunello Cucinelli (BIT:BCU ), which fell 5.25% or 4.70 points to trade at 84.85 at the close. Ferrari NV (BIT:RACE ) declined 2.35% or 10.30 points to end at 428.20 and Moncler SpA (BIT:MONC ) was down 2.19% or 1.14 points to 50.90.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 255 to 226 and 48 ended unchanged.

Shares in Enel (BIT:ENEI ) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.64% or 0.11 to 6.99.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.36% or 0.25 to $69.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.37% or 0.27 to hit $72.97 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.50% or 12.60 to trade at $2,538.60 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.18% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 101.09.

Source: Investing.com