Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Utilities and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Leonardo SpA (BIT:LDOF), which rose 1.81% or 0.43 points to trade at 24.17 at the close. Meanwhile, Recordati (BIT:RECI) added 0.93% or 0.46 points to end at 49.70 and Amplifon (BIT:AMPF) was up 0.92% or 0.31 points to 34.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hera (BIT:HRA), which fell 2.31% or 0.08 points to trade at 3.38 at the close. A2A SpA (BIT:A2) declined 2.25% or 0.05 points to end at 1.93 and Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (BIT:UNPI) was down 2.14% or 0.20 points to 9.15.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 279 to 227 and 43 ended unchanged.
Shares in Leonardo SpA (BIT:LDOF) rose to 5-year highs; up 1.81% or 0.43 to 24.17.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.23% or 0.17 to $75.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.43% or 0.34 to hit $79.53 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 2.85% or 68.10 to trade at $2,322.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.72% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.25% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.73% at 104.82.