Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Healthcare and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.52% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (BIT:BMPS), which rose 3.11% or 0.16 points to trade at 5.37 at the close. Meanwhile, Pirelli & C SPA (BIT:PIRC) added 2.78% or 0.14 points to end at 5.10 and Prysmian SpA (BIT:PRY) was up 2.20% or 1.34 points to 62.16 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (BIT:UNPI), which fell 6.12% or 0.73 points to trade at 11.20 at the close. Azimut Holding SpA (BIT:AZMT) declined 5.36% or 1.27 points to end at 22.44 and Bper Banca SpA (BIT:EMII) was down 4.38% or 0.26 points to 5.71.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 271 to 245 and 52 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.93% or 2.12 to $70.24 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.55% or 1.93 to hit $73.70 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.44% or 11.80 to trade at $2,694.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.95% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.24% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 105.01.