Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF), which rose 2.04% or 0.188 points to trade at 9.402 at the close. Meanwhile, A2A (MI:A2) added 1.86% or 0.028 points to end at 1.503 and Terna (MI:TRN) was up 1.60% or 0.073 points to 4.644 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which fell 4.08% or 0.790 points to trade at 18.595 at the close. Tenaris (MI:TENR) declined 4.05% or 0.57 points to end at 13.61 and Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI) was down 2.30% or 0.29 points to 12.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 205 to 153 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.74% or 1.12 to $65.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.48% or 1.02 to hit $69.93 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.70% or 22.60 to trade at $1350.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.50% to 1.2363, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.8737.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 89.05.