Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemicals, Travel & Leisure and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (MI:UNPI), which rose 1.46% or 0.056 points to trade at 3.892 at the close. Meanwhile, Mediobanca (MI:MDBI) added 0.99% or 0.090 points to end at 9.150 and Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF) was up 0.64% or 0.100 points to 15.620 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII), which fell 3.56% or 0.174 points to trade at 4.720 at the close. Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) declined 3.37% or 0.1440 points to end at 4.1240 and Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) was down 2.44% or 0.080 points to 3.200.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 241 to 122 and 17 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 2.99% or 1.52 to $49.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 2.67% or 1.52 to hit $55.48 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 2.57 to trade at $1275.77 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.14% to 1.1727, while EUR/GBP rose 0.66% to 0.8985.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 93.71.