Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemicals, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.98%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST), which rose 1.01% or 0.060 points to trade at 6.025 at the close. Meanwhile, Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) added 0.45% or 0.08 points to end at 18.05 and Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (MI:UNPI) was up 0.21% or 0.008 points to 3.874 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banca Popolare dell’Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII), which fell 2.68% or 0.130 points to trade at 4.720 at the close. Recordati (MI:RECI) declined 2.66% or 0.97 points to end at 35.51 and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) was down 2.62% or 0.270 points to 10.030.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 268 to 86 and 18 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 2.43% or 1.14 to $45.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 2.29% or 1.13 to hit $48.17 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.55% or 6.83 to trade at $1252.33 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.1658, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.8987.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 93.85.