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.