Stock Market Overview

Investing.com – Italian stocks closed lower on Friday, driven by losses in the Technology, Healthcare, and Financials sectors.

In Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 index fell 0.52% to reach a new one-month low.

Top Performers

The leading performers on the Investing.com Italy 40 were:
– Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (BIT:BMPS): +3.11% (up 0.16 points to 5.37 at close)
– Pirelli & C SPA (BIT:PIRC): +2.78% (up 0.14 points to 5.10)
– Prysmian SpA (BIT:PRY): +2.20% (up 1.34 points to 62.16)

Worst Performers

The biggest losers included:
– Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (BIT:UNPI): -6.12% (down 0.73 points to 11.20)
– Azimut Holding SpA (BIT:AZMT): -5.36% (down 1.27 points to 22.44)
– Bper Banca SpA (BIT:EMII): -4.38% (down 0.26 points to 5.71)

On the Milan Stock Exchange, falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by a ratio of 271 to 245, with 52 remaining unchanged.

Commodity Prices

• Crude Oil (December): -2.93% (down 2.12 to $70.24/barrel)
• Brent Oil (January): -2.55% (down 1.93 to $73.70/barrel)
• Gold (December Futures): -0.44% (down 11.80 to $2,694.00/troy ounce)

Currency Exchange Rates

• EUR/USD: down 0.95% to 1.07
• EUR/GBP: unchanged at 0.83

US Dollar Index

The US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.61% to 105.01.