Italy stocks lower at close of trade; Investing.com Italy 40 down 0.82%

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 declined 0.82%.

The best performers of the session on the were Italgas SpA (BIT:), which rose 1.41% or 0.08 points to trade at 5.41 at the close. Meanwhile, Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA (BIT:) added 1.36% or 0.11 points to end at 8.02 and Hera (BIT:) was up 1.08% or 0.04 points to 3.54 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Iveco Group NV (BIT:), which fell 6.41% or 0.61 points to trade at 8.85 at the close. Telecom Italia (BIT:) declined 5.92% or 0.02 points to end at 0.24 and Brunello Cucinelli (BIT:) was down 5.19% or 4.55 points to 83.20.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 330 to 152 and 42 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.28% or 0.20 to $70.96 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.56% or 0.42 to hit $74.46 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.20% or 31.25 to trade at $2,645.85 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.03% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.17% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 100.44.