Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemicals, Industrials and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which rose 2.30% or 0.460 points to trade at 20.470 at the close. Meanwhile, UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) added 1.93% or 0.3200 points to end at 16.9100 and Generali (MI:GASI) was up 1.55% or 0.24 points to 15.77 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF), which fell 21.55% or 3.040 points to trade at 11.070 at the close. Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI) declined 3.20% or 0.43 points to end at 13.00 and Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) was down 2.84% or 0.080 points to 2.734.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 227 to 139 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF) fell to 52-week lows; down 21.55% or 3.040 to 11.070.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.10% or 0.06 to $57.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $63.93 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.88% or 11.31 to trade at $1276.19 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.11% to 1.1655, while EUR/GBP fell 0.33% to 0.8827.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 94.33.