Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemicals, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Mediaset (MI:MS), which rose 2.33% or 0.090 points to trade at 3.948 at the close. Meanwhile, UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) added 2.14% or 0.2700 points to end at 12.9000 and Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST) was up 0.75% or 0.045 points to 6.055 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII), which fell 3.10% or 0.144 points to trade at 4.500 at the close. UBI Banca (MI:UBI) declined 2.05% or 0.0640 points to end at 3.0600 and Saipem (MI:SPMI) was down 1.99% or 0.0094 points to 0.4625.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 218 to 123 and 12 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.47% or 0.25 to $53.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.23% or 0.13 to hit $55.52 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 1.75 to trade at $1239.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.50% to 1.0621, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8548.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 100.83.