Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemicals, Industrials and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Recordati (MI:RECI), which rose 3.90% or 1.17 points to trade at 31.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) added 1.46% or 0.11 points to end at 7.64 and Snam (MI:SRG) was up 0.93% or 0.034 points to 3.692 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU), which fell 3.57% or 0.71 points to trade at 19.20 at the close. Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) declined 2.40% or 2.95 points to end at 119.80 and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) was down 2.31% or 0.388 points to 16.416.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 222 to 120 and 39 ended unchanged.
Shares in Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) rose to all time highs; up 1.46% or 0.11 to 7.64.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.04% or 0.03 to $68.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.36% or 0.26 to hit $72.84 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.43% or 5.30 to trade at $1229.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.51% to 1.1702, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.8927.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.60% at 94.41.