Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as in the sectors led shares .

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 unchanged 0.00%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Telecom Italia (BIT: TLIT ), which rose 4.69% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.31 at the close. Meanwhile, Nexi SpA (BIT: NEXII ) added 2.06% or 0.10 points to end at 5.15 and Inwit (BIT: INWT ) was up 1.91% or 0.18 points to 9.61 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Stellantis NV (BIT: STLAM ), which fell 4.23% or 0.48 points to trade at 10.91 at the close. Buzzi Unicem (BIT: BZU ) declined 4.08% or 2.04 points to end at 47.96 and Tenaris SA (BIT: TENR ) was down 2.08% or 0.39 points to 18.36.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 304 to 222 and 29 ended unchanged.

Shares in Telecom Italia (BIT: TLIT ) rose to 52-week highs; up 4.69% or 0.01 to 0.31. Shares in Stellantis NV (BIT: STLAM ) fell to 3-years lows; down 4.23% or 0.48 to 10.91.

Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.10% or 0.07 to $69.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $73.08 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.35% or 41.29 to trade at $3,093.59 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was up 0.46% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.11% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 103.89.