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 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the were STMicroelectronics (BIT:), which rose 2.22% or 0.85 points to trade at 38.92 at the close. Meanwhile, FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (BIT:) added 1.30% or 0.19 points to end at 14.82 and Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:) was up 1.28% or 0.11 points to 8.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Amplifon (BIT:), which fell 6.49% or 2.16 points to trade at 31.12 at the close. Telecom Italia (BIT:) declined 3.08% or 0.01 points to end at 0.23 and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (BIT:) was down 1.93% or 0.10 points to 4.84.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 243 to 240 and 57 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.39% or 0.33 to $84.21 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.23% or 0.20 to hit $87.63 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.07% or 25.35 to trade at $2,394.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.21% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 104.63.
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