Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 2.14% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT), which rose 3.01% or 0.61 points to trade at 20.86 at the close. Meanwhile, Anima Holding SpA (MI:ANIM) added 2.33% or 0.15 points to end at 6.58 and Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) was up 0.92% or 0.14 points to 15.33 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which fell 4.86% or 0.3450 points to trade at 6.7550 at the close. Banco Popolare Sc (MI:BAPO) declined 4.63% or 0.2800 points to end at 5.7650 and CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) was down 4.35% or 0.260 points to 5.715.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 289 to 122 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in Banco Popolare Sc (MI:BAPO) fell to 3-years lows; losing 4.63% or 0.2800 to 5.7650.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 3.78% or 1.45 to $36.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 4.02% or 1.62 to hit $38.71 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.55% or 19.20 to trade at $1216.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.14% to 1.1397, while EUR/GBP rose 1.14% to 0.8015.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.04% at 94.61.