Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as in the sectors led shares .
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 unchanged 0.00%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI), which rose 2.16% or 0.070 points to trade at 3.316 at the close. Meanwhile, UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) added 1.59% or 0.2800 points to end at 17.9400 and Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) was up 1.39% or 0.0560 points to 4.0760 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI), which fell 1.95% or 0.190 points to trade at 9.560 at the close. Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) declined 1.71% or 0.0145 points to end at 0.8335 and Recordati (MI:RECI) was down 1.58% or 0.56 points to 34.92.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 221 to 119 and 21 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 2.65% or 1.25 to $48.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 2.86% or 1.46 to hit $52.49 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.55 to trade at $1292.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.23% to 1.1750, while EUR/GBP rose 0.30% to 0.9137.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 93.43.