Italy stocks lower at close of trade; Investing.com Italy 40 down 0.50%

Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology , Industrials and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.50%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Assicurazioni Generali SpA (BIT:GASI ), which rose 4.84% or 1.25 points to trade at 27.06 at the close. Meanwhile, Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario SpA (BIT:MDBI ) added 2.46% or 0.35 points to end at 14.80 and DiaSorin SpA (BIT:DIAS ) was up 2.05% or 2.15 points to 107.10 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics (BIT:STMMI ), which fell 3.88% or 0.98 points to trade at 24.17 at the close. Prysmian SpA (BIT:PRY ) declined 3.30% or 2.08 points to end at 60.92 and Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:CPRI ) was down 2.74% or 0.16 points to 5.75.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 327 to 193 and 44 ended unchanged.

Shares in Assicurazioni Generali SpA (BIT:GASI ) rose to 5-year highs; up 4.84% or 1.25 to 27.06. Shares in Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:CPRI ) fell to 3-years lows; falling 2.74% or 0.16 to 5.75.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.82% or 1.25 to $67.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.58% or 1.15 to hit $71.41 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 5.60 to trade at $2,567.30 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.22% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.52% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 106.51.

Source: Investing.com