Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Travel & Leisure and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 1.26% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Mediaset SpA (MI:MS), which rose 1.43% or 0.039 points to trade at 2.757 at the close. Meanwhile, Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) added 1.33% or 0.48 points to end at 36.64 and A2A (MI:A2) was up 0.73% or 0.011 points to 1.511 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which fell 4.92% or 0.785 points to trade at 15.180 at the close. Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) declined 4.38% or 0.2380 points to end at 5.1920 and Banca Generali (MI:BGN) was down 3.34% or 0.76 points to 21.98.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 298 to 71 and 21 ended unchanged.
Shares in STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.92% or 0.785 to 15.180.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.44% or 0.33 to $74.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.15% or 0.13 to hit $84.71 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 3.20 to trade at $1204.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.1511, while EUR/GBP fell 0.59% to 0.8790.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 95.39.