Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Financials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 1.18%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP), which rose 3.38% or 0.93 points to trade at 28.43 at the close. Meanwhile, Tenaris (MI:TENR) added 2.05% or 0.25 points to end at 12.46 and Prysmian (MI:PRY) was up 1.86% or 0.52 points to 28.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which fell 3.62% or 0.690 points to trade at 18.370 at the close. Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII) declined 2.96% or 0.136 points to end at 4.460 and Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) was down 2.77% or 0.62 points to 21.73.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 251 to 108 and 14 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.69% or 0.97 to $58.37 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.76% or 1.10 to hit $63.73 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.96% or 12.20 to trade at $1285.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.11% to 1.1916, while EUR/GBP rose 0.20% to 0.8818.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 92.65.