Italy stocks lower at close of trade; Investing.com Italy 40 down 0.80%

Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemicals, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.80%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics (BIT:STMMI), which rose 3.82% or 0.84 points to trade at 22.81 at the close. Meanwhile, Interpump Group (BIT:ITPG) added 2.52% or 1.00 points to end at 40.68 and Amplifon (BIT:AMPF) was up 1.23% or 0.19 points to 15.28 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Saipem SpA (BIT:SPMI), which fell 3.23% or 0.08 points to trade at 2.27 at the close. Tenaris SA (BIT:TENR) declined 3.05% or 0.47 points to end at 14.97 and Moncler SpA (BIT:MONC) was down 2.39% or 1.15 points to 47.05.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 316 to 287 and 56 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for October delivery was down 3.09% or 1.96 to $61.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 2.79% or 1.87 to hit $65.12 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.21% or 43.57 to trade at $3,650.27 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was up 0.90% to 1.18, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.15% to 0.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.92% at 97.40.

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