Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Financials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU), which rose 2.72% or 0.62 points to trade at 23.38 at the close. Meanwhile, Brembo (MI:BRBI) added 1.31% or 0.80 points to end at 62.10 and Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) was up 0.95% or 0.16 points to 17.03 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII), which fell 7.83% or 0.404 points to trade at 4.756 at the close. UBI Banca (MI:UBI) declined 5.73% or 0.1800 points to end at 2.9600 and Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) was down 5.32% or 0.132 points to 2.350.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 191 to 145 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in Brembo (MI:BRBI) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.31% or 0.80 to 62.10.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 2.02% or 1.07 to $54.07 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 2.07% or 1.15 to hit $56.78 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 1.35 to trade at $1235.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.0644, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.8516.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 100.66.