Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 1.94% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Salvatore Ferragamo SpA (MI:SFER), which rose 0.37% or 0.09 points to trade at 24.33 at the close. Meanwhile, Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) added 0.16% or 0.06 points to end at 37.99 and Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 6.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI), which fell 4.02% or 0.097 points to trade at 2.303 at the close. CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) declined 3.57% or 0.360 points to end at 9.710 and Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (MI:UNPI) was down 3.38% or 0.122 points to 3.492.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 291 to 72 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (MI:UNPI) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.38% or 0.122 to 3.492.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.64% or 0.42 to $65.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.09% or 0.84 to hit $76.48 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 0.70 to trade at $1302.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.1771, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8782.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 93.57.