Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemicals, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Mediaset (MI:MS), which rose 3.57% or 0.082 points to trade at 2.378 at the close. Meanwhile, Snam (MI:SRG) added 1.87% or 0.066 points to end at 3.590 and Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) was up 1.62% or 0.0115 points to 0.7215 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which fell 5.39% or 1.1100 points to trade at 19.5000 at the close. UBI Banca (MI:UBI) declined 4.66% or 0.1020 points to end at 2.0860 and Saipem (MI:SPMI) was down 2.91% or 0.0127 points to 0.4243.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 269 to 142 and 29 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.59% or 0.30 to $51.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.26% or 0.14 to hit $54.08 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.78% or 9.15 to trade at $1178.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.0673, while EUR/GBP fell 0.52% to 0.8424.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.21% at 100.81.