Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which rose 4.69% or 0.230 points to trade at 5.130 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Popolare Sc (MI:BAPO) added 4.61% or 0.2750 points to end at 6.2400 and Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) was up 3.20% or 1.20 points to 38.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saipem (MI:SPMI), which fell 2.89% or 0.0105 points to trade at 0.3534 at the close. Anima Holding SpA (MI:ANIM) declined 2.40% or 0.14 points to end at 5.90 and Exor (MI:EXOR) was down 2.26% or 0.71 points to 30.77.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 215 to 170 and 27 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 2.72% or 1.13 to $40.37 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 2.19% or 0.96 to hit $42.88 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.85% or 10.40 to trade at $1236.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.38% to 1.1308, while EUR/GBP fell 0.19% to 0.7944.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.43% at 94.53.