Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemicals, Travel & Leisure and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.80%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were DiaSorin SpA (MI:DIAS), which rose 2.69% or 2.15 points to trade at 82.10 at the close. Meanwhile, CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) added 2.03% or 0.174 points to end at 8.738 and Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) was up 1.98% or 0.65 points to 33.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Juventus Football Club (MI:JUVE), which fell 7.46% or 0.1080 points to trade at 1.3390 at the close. Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) declined 4.06% or 0.0910 points to end at 2.1480 and Banco Bpm SpA (MI:BAMI) was down 3.41% or 0.058 points to 1.634.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 222 to 140 and 31 ended unchanged.
Shares in Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.06% or 0.0910 to 2.1480.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 2.32% or 1.25 to $55.04 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 2.53% or 1.54 to hit $62.38 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 2.85 to trade at $1322.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.23% to 1.1470, while EUR/GBP rose 0.41% to 0.8765.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 95.238.