Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Popolare di Milano Scarl (MI:PMII), which rose 2.20% or 0.0093 points to trade at 0.4323 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Popolare Sc (MI:BAPO) added 1.28% or 0.0300 points to end at 2.3740 and Unicredit (MI:CRDI) was up 1.21% or 0.0260 points to 2.1800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Exor (MI:EXOR), which fell 1.81% or 0.62 points to trade at 33.62 at the close. Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST) declined 1.74% or 0.1100 points to end at 6.2250 and Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) was down 1.64% or 0.24 points to 14.43.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 256 to 128 and 36 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.35% or 0.16 to $45.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.40% or 0.19 to hit $47.56 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.09% or 1.25 to trade at $1330.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.56% to 1.1059, while EUR/GBP rose 1.05% to 0.8407.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.56% at 96.64.