Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemicals, Technology and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST), which rose 4.09% or 0.250 points to trade at 6.365 at the close. Meanwhile, Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) added 1.48% or 0.36 points to end at 24.65 and A2A (MI:A2) was up 1.35% or 0.021 points to 1.580 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER), which fell 6.29% or 1.42 points to trade at 21.15 at the close. Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) declined 2.33% or 0.060 points to end at 2.520 and Exor NV (MI:EXOR) was down 2.04% or 1.05 points to 50.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 238 to 120 and 15 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.42% or 0.24 to $57.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $63.29 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.60 to trade at $1257.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1776, while EUR/GBP rose 0.84% to 0.8844.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 93.84.