Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemicals, Telecoms and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.53% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Exor NV (MI:EXOR), which rose 2.01% or 1.05 points to trade at 53.20 at the close. Meanwhile, FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK) added 1.60% or 0.12 points to end at 7.92 and Tenaris (MI:TENR) was up 1.42% or 0.17 points to 12.13 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banca Mediolanum SpA (MI:BMED), which fell 1.98% or 0.145 points to trade at 7.175 at the close. Recordati (MI:RECI) declined 1.55% or 0.60 points to end at 38.04 and Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) was down 1.52% or 0.0105 points to 0.6790.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 194 to 159 and 20 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 2.10% or 1.16 to $56.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.78% or 1.09 to hit $62.45 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.87% or 11.12 to trade at $1289.32 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.1791, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.8922.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 93.62.