Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 1.14%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Generali (MI:GASI), which rose 1.43% or 0.17 points to trade at 12.04 at the close. Meanwhile, A2A (MI:A2) added 0.24% or 0.003 points to end at 1.255 and STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) was up 0.22% or 0.015 points to 6.790 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST), which fell 2.98% or 0.190 points to trade at 6.195 at the close. Recordati (MI:RECI) declined 2.80% or 0.77 points to end at 26.77 and Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) was down 2.66% or 0.49 points to 17.95.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 278 to 129 and 24 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.94% or 1.40 to $46.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 3.24% or 1.62 to hit $48.37 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.44% or 5.95 to trade at $1335.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.44% to 1.1210, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.8454.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.45% at 95.47.