Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology , Financials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 1.15%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Leonardo SpA (BIT: LDOF ), which rose 1.39% or 0.65 points to trade at 47.29 at the close. Meanwhile, Saipem SpA (BIT: SPMI ) added 1.09% or 0.03 points to end at 2.40 and Tenaris SA (BIT: TENR ) was up 0.86% or 0.14 points to 16.51 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Iveco Group NV (BIT: IVG ), which fell 6.09% or 1.01 points to trade at 15.49 at the close. Stellantis NV (BIT: STLAM ) declined 4.65% or 0.42 points to end at 8.59 and Amplifon (BIT: AMPF ) was down 3.81% or 0.77 points to 19.45.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 373 to 194 and 45 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for August delivery was up 2.82% or 1.88 to $68.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 2.58% or 1.77 to hit $70.41 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.37% or 45.72 to trade at $3,371.42 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.08% to 1.17, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.45% to 0.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 97.51.