Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the fell 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the were Assicurazioni Generali SpA (BIT:), which rose 4.84% or 1.25 points to trade at 27.06 at the close. Meanwhile, Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario SpA (BIT:) added 2.46% or 0.35 points to end at 14.80 and DiaSorin SpA (BIT:) was up 2.05% or 2.15 points to 107.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics (BIT:), which fell 3.88% or 0.98 points to trade at 24.17 at the close. Prysmian SpA (BIT:) declined 3.30% or 2.08 points to end at 60.92 and Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:) 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:) rose to 5-year highs; up 4.84% or 1.25 to 27.06. Shares in Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:) 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.
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