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% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which rose 2.50% or 0.346 points to trade at 14.212 at the close. Meanwhile, Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) added 2.31% or 0.17 points to end at 7.75 and Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) was up 1.58% or 0.16 points to 10.31 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI), which fell 3.89% or 0.40 points to trade at 9.88 at the close. Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) declined 3.01% or 0.0780 points to end at 2.5160 and Banco Bpm SpA (MI:BAMI) was down 2.97% or 0.060 points to 1.974.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 192 to 166 and 29 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.77% or 0.93 to $51.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.73% or 1.07 to hit $60.61 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 3.45 to trade at $1290.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.1481, while EUR/GBP fell 0.99% to 0.8928.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 95.148.