Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Travel & Leisure, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Prysmian (MI:PRY), which rose 2.47% or 0.64 points to trade at 26.54 at the close. Meanwhile, Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) added 1.35% or 0.24 points to end at 17.98 and Luxottica Group (MI:LUX) was up 1.03% or 0.55 points to 54.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER), which fell 2.67% or 0.68 points to trade at 24.78 at the close. Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI) declined 2.19% or 0.29 points to end at 12.97 and Mediobanca (MI:MDBI) was down 1.61% or 0.135 points to 8.265.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 221 to 134 and 12 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.56% or 0.24 to $42.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.64% or 0.29 to hit $45.51 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.62% or 7.73 to trade at $1257.13 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.38% to 1.1194, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8794.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 96.97.