Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Utilities, Travel & Leisure and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.78%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were UBI Banca (MI:UBI), which rose 1.85% or 0.0400 points to trade at 2.2060 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) added 1.43% or 0.105 points to end at 7.430 and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) was up 1.25% or 0.0021 points to 0.1700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mediaset (MI:MS), which fell 2.24% or 0.062 points to trade at 2.700 at the close. FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK) declined 2.23% or 0.12 points to end at 5.04 and Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) was down 2.21% or 0.34 points to 15.01.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 291 to 112 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.43% or 0.105 to 7.430.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.57% or 0.79 to $49.65 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.77% or 0.93 to hit $51.58 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.14% or 1.70 to trade at $1251.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1152, while EUR/GBP rose 1.47% to 0.8968.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 96.85.