Italy stocks lower at close of trade; Investing.com Italy 40 down 0.52%

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

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.52% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (BIT:BMPS ), which rose 3.11% or 0.16 points to trade at 5.37 at the close. Meanwhile, Pirelli & C SPA (BIT:PIRC ) added 2.78% or 0.14 points to end at 5.10 and Prysmian SpA (BIT:PRY ) was up 2.20% or 1.34 points to 62.16 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (BIT:UNPI ), which fell 6.12% or 0.73 points to trade at 11.20 at the close. Azimut Holding SpA (BIT:AZMT ) declined 5.36% or 1.27 points to end at 22.44 and Bper Banca SpA (BIT:EMII ) was down 4.38% or 0.26 points to 5.71.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 271 to 245 and 52 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.93% or 2.12 to $70.24 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.55% or 1.93 to hit $73.70 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.44% or 11.80 to trade at $2,694.00 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was down 0.95% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.24% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 105.01.

Source: Investing.com