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 Technology, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.82%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Italgas SpA (BIT:IG), which rose 1.41% or 0.08 points to trade at 5.41 at the close. Meanwhile, Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA (BIT:TRN) added 1.36% or 0.11 points to end at 8.02 and Hera (BIT:HRA) 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:IVG), which fell 6.41% or 0.61 points to trade at 8.85 at the close. Telecom Italia (BIT:TLIT) declined 5.92% or 0.02 points to end at 0.24 and Brunello Cucinelli (BIT:BCU) 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.